by Barrie Brewer The river has kept many things—bones that did not sink as they should,secrets that refused to erode,and once, a man who tried to take me. I have no name—not in the way people use names, not in the way names pin things to memory and maps. Names…
Each year, Southern New Hampshire University’s (SNHU) Word for Word Literary Series dedicates an event to instructors from its online creative writing programs. This year, on Wednesday, November 19, the spotlight was on nonfiction, with instructors Tracy Crow, from the Online MFA, and Dan Gleason, from the online MA, reading…
by Rebecca LeBoeuf Alexander McCall Smith’s impressive repertoire of more than 100 books span many genres, including academic non-fiction, fiction and children’s books. His work is published in 47 languages and he has publishers all around the world. Since the publication of his first book in 1980, the international bestseller…
by Rebecca LeBoeuf John Dufresne is the author of novels, short stories, nonfiction, plays and chapbooks. He has also edited anthologies and worked with 12 other authors to write “Naked Came the Manatee,” a 1996 mystery novel. Primarily a fiction writer, Dufresne’ most recent work, “I Don’t Like Where this…
In this 2008 interview with Barnes & Noble Booksellers, bestselling author John Grisham discusses his writing process, his inspiration and one of his many books, “The Appeal.”