Writer's Voices

Icelandic poet Kristin Eiriksdottir speaks about her new novel – A Fist or a Heart. “It is about this woman who is very much in the world…she has been a very sort of functional rational person… and she is losing that grip…along with losing riches in her memory…. I don’t like the word ‘hallucinations’ – Read More

It’s not what happens to you that counts as much as how you respond to what happens to you.

“You can’t understand the history of Africa without understanding the travels of Livingston.” Petina Gappah shares her obsession in the making of her new novel – Out of Darkness, Shining Light. ” I’ve been thinking about this novel for a really, really long time…I got to know the mechanics of expedition life extremely well….My worry Read More

Remember in our journey of life that nobody makes it alone. You need to have a grateful heart and to be quick to acknowledge those who help you.

Paula Becker talks about writing her memoir, “For me it involved really trying to grapple with whose story this was; and ultimately I decided it was my story and I had the right to tell it.” Her book – A House on Stilts – Mothering in the Age of Opioid Addiction. “I didn’t feel ashamed Read More

If you know somebody whose having a problem like this try not to judge. We don’t know the battles they’re fighting. Be kind.

“I really believe that their’s a transformation that can happen when you tell your story.” Keele Burgin comments upon her journey and her memoir – Wholly Unraveled. “Our childhoods don’t have to define us. It’s not easy to walk through the pain, but it”s worth it in the end…It turned the trauma into something more Read More

“It’s really important to have agency and be vulnerable.” Carla Sameth shares insights along with some of her joys and sorrows in her memoir in essays – One day on the gold line. “It’s about the challenges around race and identity and police violence….I kind of wrote the book I wanted to read. I wanted Read More

“It’s really important to have agency and be vulnerable.” Carla Sameth shares insights along with some of her joys and sorrows in her memoir in essays – One day on the gold line. “It’s about the challenges around race and identity and police violence….I kind of wrote the book I wanted to read. I wanted Read More

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.