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Unbelievable! Casting Truth as Fiction
Cheryl Diane Kidder explores the difficulty of turning true events into fiction, and how some truths, like those in her recent Brevity essay “Cut,” want to be told in the nonfiction form:… more →
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Unbelievable! Casting Truth as Fiction
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wrote 2 days ago: Cheryl Diane Kidder explores the difficulty of turning true events into fiction, and how some truths … more →
Imagining Emily
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wrote 3 days ago: Sheryl St. Germain discusses the origins of her essay Interviewing Emily Dickinson and the “tr … more →
On Writing with a Shaky Hand
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wrote 3 days ago: Sarah Wells Sarah Wells discusses the roots of her essay “Field Guide to Resisting Temptation, … more →
Writing is a Time Machine: Brian Doyle
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wrote 4 days ago: Brian Doyle Brian Doyle discusses the genesis of his essay, “Sachiel the Tailor,” found … more →
The Hug of Flash Nonfiction
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wrote 4 weeks ago: Brevity intern Justin Weller interviews Brenda Miller, one of Brevity‘s favorite repeat contri … more →
You Have to Believe in Something
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wrote 1 month ago: Stephanie Bane, author of “We Have Peace” in the March 2013 issue of Brevity, reflects on the origi … more →
On "With and Without Care"
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wrote 1 month ago: Lori May, author of “With and Without Care” in the March 2013 issue of Brevity, reflect … more →
The Quickness of the Form
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wrote 1 month ago: Stated Magazine, a new site featuring “the stories of creative and inspirational people, … more →
I, Twitter Curator
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wrote 1 month ago: Pablo Piñero Stillmann, author of Life, Love, Happiness: A Found Essay from the Twitterverse in the … more →
Trapping the Ephemeral: Meg Rains
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wrote 1 month ago: Meg Rains, author of “The Memory of My Disappearance“ in the March 2013 issue of Brevit … more →
The Dance of “Last Dance”
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wrote 1 month ago: Dana Tommasino, author of “Last Dance” in the March 2013 issue of Brevity, reflects on the origin o … more →
Instructions to Somebody You Love: A Prompt
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wrote 2 months ago: Dinah Lenney, author of “Instructions, As If” in the March 2013 issue of Brevity, reflects on the or … more →
Alas. ǀ Alas!: On the Origins of “Variant Table”
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wrote 2 months ago: Elizabeth Wade, author of “Variant Table” in the March 2013 issue of Brevity, reflects on the origi … more →
Of Mermaids and Seaweed: Writing "Rusalki"
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wrote 2 months ago: Eliza Fogel, author of “Rusalki” in the March 2013 issue of Brevity, reflects on the origin of her e … more →
The Language of Violation: Jean Burnet on 'Two Bodies'
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wrote 2 months ago: Jean Burnet, author of “Two Bodies” in the March 2013 issue of Brevity, reflects on the … more →
Memoir as Map Art: Body Geographic
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wrote 2 months ago: From Brevity contributor and VIDA-issue co-editor Barrie Jean Borich: Midway through the writing of … more →
AWP Flash Nonfiction Panel and Booksigning
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wrote 2 months ago: Brevity editor Dinty W. Moore and Brevity contributors Sue William Silverman, Peggy Shumaker, Judith … more →
Just Concentrate
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wrote 3 months ago: Over at the Journal, Silas Hansen conducts an excellent brief interview with Brevity favorite Brenda … more →
The Clarity of Memory in "On The Third Day"
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wrote 3 months ago: We regularly ask Brevity authors if they would write a short blog post on the genesis of the essay j … more →
