Nonfiction Archives - So to Speak

I often wrestle with how I form a sentence. I love certain sounds, certain units of syntax, and I tend to use them perhaps too

Sheila Black July 8, 2020

I followed the doctor down the yellow hall. He was explaining something but I wasn’t listening. I was thinking about the doorways we kept passing

Liz Asch Greenhill July 8, 2020

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,

by Nyokabi Kariuki January 1, 2020

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

By Rachal Marquez Jones December 9, 2019

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

by Audrey Carroll December 2, 2019

“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

by Tara Fritz November 25, 2019

A few weeks before Christmas 2017, my grandfather, mi abuelito, born in a migrant farm worker camp in rural Kansas, was called home by the

Chelsea Ann Hernandez July 2, 2019

“You cannot control your parentage, but you can control your legacy.” –Rick Riordan, The House of Hades The world glows a brilliant white in

Cindy Skaggs July 2, 2019

My father is the type of man to take more than he gives. One of the few things he likes to give me and my

Sonia Alejandra Rodríguez July 2, 2019

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