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Meg Reynolds Sent Bianca a Poem Every Day for Months
figuring out how to continue writing under the conditions of constant change, interruption, and exhaustion that are inherent to parenting, especially…
Sarah Leavitt Turned to Colour to Document a Lived Process of Grief
The book is about grief and love and loss and disorientation. It’s a documentation of a lived practice of grief.
Hari Alluri Reconnected with the Source Code
I’ve worked outdoors quite a bit in my lifetime, and if you walk around with a rake, you will find things to rake up. If you have a sonnet, you’ll find…
Abbie Kiefer Had to Figure out Why Television Was Important to a Book About Grief and Hope
At the center of this book are my mom’s illness and death—a process of loss that made me easily distracted. I couldn’t write or read, so I stuck to what…
Fried Shallots, Chaos Thresholds
So, welcome to a new series: A COOKBOOK AND A CRAFT BOOK in which I share notes on one cookbook and one craft book (which I understand broadly as…
 • Bronwen Tate
A.E. Osworth Had Planned to Write a Romp
This book was supposed to be fun (and don’t worry, I think it turned out fun in the end). But I was inputting a huge amount of pandemic news every day…
Roasted Root Vegetables with Lemony Black Kale and Delicious Salty Things
Here’s what you need:Some beets, carrots, or other root vegetables. Potatoes, sure. Parsnips, why not? A winter squash like kabocha would be fine too…
 • Bronwen Tate
Nancy Reddy Grabbed a Stack of Index Cards and a Roll of Painter's Tape
The index cards forced a measure of economy, since I couldn’t explain the nuance of a study or wax poetic, and taping them up meant I could easily move…
 • Bronwen Tate and Nancy Reddy
Lois Eustis Tate Needed to Be More Forthcoming About Who She Was
I began by working on the level of the scene, learning those building blocks. I wrote scenes from Wayne’s point of view, based on events he described in…
 • Lois Tate and Bronwen Tate
Ok, But How?
Ok, But How?
Nitty-gritty process-nerd notes on writing, reading, teaching, & cooking. Monthly(ish) updates with writing exercises, reading recs, recipes, and more.
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