Looking to expand beyond the local Borders? Tired of clicking through the Amazon jungle and waiting for your books to be shipped from a faraway land? Visit these independent Milwaukee bookstores. Not only will you find staff with specialized knowledge, you’ll also be supporting the local Wisconsin economy. Milwaukee is known for being a blue-collar, ...
As a writer I also appreciate other people’s writing and always have a good book going. My preferences lean toward nonfiction but I also enjoy the occasional novel especially the classics. Plus, I tend to try to keep up with what’s hot in the literary world. To that end I buy books – lots of ...
Taking a break from the hustle and bustle of activity around Orlando may seem impossible, but escaping to a bookstore is all it takes to get away from it all. Orlando is home to a number of bookstores beyond the usual Borders and Barnes & Noble chains; tucked away in the neighborhoods around the city ...
It’s hard to imagine that some people are simply incapable of loving – especially their own children, but that’s the question raised by David Small’s magnificent new memoir, Stitches. Telling the harrowing story of his childhood in graphic-novel form, Small breaks new ground and the result is amazing. His thoughtful illustrations reveal a hauntingly vulnerable ...
When people think of memoir writing, they often picture book-length works. But memoir writing can also be short-story length; look for examples in the “Prose” category on Associated Content. If you’ve got a piece of memoir writing that’s somewhere between 2000 and 8000 words, it might be appropriate for literary journals. Why should you submit ...
