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Conversation & Creation: Four Fiction Authors on their COVID-Era Writing Process
On a Sunday afternoon in September, I find myself with a precious thing: several hours of uninterrupted time to write. I sit down, Word document open in front of me,
The Independent Bookstore as a Community: A Conversation with Old Town Books’ Jen Cheng
image via @oldtownbooks on Instagram Even before the global pandemic—a phrase that still sounds almost unreal to utter—supporting independent bookstores was paramount to the literary and small-business community. It’s not just that, if
Announcing our 2020 Virtual Reading!
So to Speak is thrilled to announce that on Friday, November 6, 2020, at 7:30 PM EST, we’ll be holding a virtual reading with some of our amazing 2020 contributors
A Child of Various Tongues
My Mum is driving. Her skinny body sinks into the leather seats as she takes control of the vehicle. When we turn onto the half-murrum, half-tarmacked road, our tummies rumble.
They, Them, and Us: Language and A Demand for Change
I am 4 years old. Learning to read, in tears because the words don’t follow the rules. My mom patiently helps me pronounce the word enough, and I don’t
Authenticating Detail and Disability Narratives
Why does disability matter in a craft essay? Whether we’re aware of it or not, we’ve already been told narratives about disability. Allow me to share a disability narrative of
Who Owns A Story?
“Write what you know.” Fiction writers have heard it a thousand times with a thousand different meanings attached. It’s a phrase that, when taken at face value, means to write
Feminism and Fall for the Book: the inside scoop on feminist authors and events at the annual festival
Fall is fast approaching, which means our campus is getting ready for its annual literary event—the Fall for the Book festival! We are not only excited for the panels, readings,
Litany for the Displaced
“What does it mean to be like a rhizome? It means to be without roots, a deserted plant drifting in the desert. In Arabic, to be told you have no
Review: Brynne Rebele-Henry’s “Autobiography of a Wound”
Nineteen-year-old Brynne Rebele-Henry has made a name for herself in the literary world, since her first book, Fleshgraphs, was published in 2016. Now, her second book, winner of the 2017
Dreamers I
The streets of Oklahoma were pitch-dark, I thought the power was gone. How come these gringos don’t use light poles? I asked. Saturday at noon. Panic had new meaning. How
This is what war does—
This is what war does— to women— makes them warriors— cuts their breasts stops the gushing of their wombs— changes their nails to bayonets— Their ocean stops the waves Their