I Had to Do Whatever Was Necessary to Communicate — Elizabeth Hilborn tells the story of Restoring Eden

Send us a text Deesha Philyaw tells the story of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies  Along the way she covers:  Being in the Norton Anthology of Literature  Jamaica Kincaid's story Girl  The ways Church Ladies is proudly Black  Ways white supremacy shapes the stories we read and tell  Misconcep…

Send us a text Rebe talks about:  querying (and querying again!)  hiring a publicist writing about grief  art vs archiving  enjoying the ride  the changing publishing industry  Monkfish Press  Find out more about Rebe here Buy My Mother in Havana here 

Send us a text Jennie Case tells the story of We Are Animals.  Jennie talks about:  - control, safety, and risk in the creative process  - speaking to the current moment  - how to gesture toward the place beyond concepts in writing  - agent troubles  - writing a letter to your book  - publishing wi…

Send us a text Sasha Hom tells the story of Sidework.  Along the way she covers:  Profluence Including multiple nows in your writing  Making appreciation a discipline Polyphonic nature of restaurants and motherhood (especially when living in a tent!)  Living life as an artist's residency  Blac…