“Let’s use our words as the shield instead of silence.”
This piece by @kellymcmasters2 for @lithub is a must read and one I’m so honored to be included in.
https://t.co/5X0PK3kYBi
A powerful essay by @kellymcmasters2 on writing and motherhood. Her new book, The Leaving Season, is also wonderful.
Ethics of Writing Hard Things in Family Memoir https://t.co/1p5KEMtzNA via @lithub
I have a student looking to place a startlingly gorgeous and experimental essay. What are the best places publishing longform creative nonfiction that are open to/ amplifying folks just breaking in right now (no prior pubs)? TIA!
See you Tuesday 5/23 at 7pm for a reading and discussion about The Leaving Season at the newly revived Half King Reading Series with @glennrwordman at the glorious @Salmagundi club! My tastebuds are already puckering at the thought of my first gimlet. @PageturnersRead@wwnorton
Check out this list from @kellymcmasters2, and pick up THE LEAVING SEASON, her memoir in intimate essays navigating marriage and motherhood, art and ambition, grief and nostalgia, and the elusive concept of home. https://t.co/l7GuPsMkOs
"Wong’s portrait of her postal worker mother is blazingly beautiful."
Love seeing ✨ Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City by @poetjanewong in @ElectricLit Reading list by @kellymcmasters2 about the Lives of Single Mothers!
https://t.co/cDY3eQwD2G
"We are constantly reinventing what it means to be a mother in this country, constantly revising what it means to honor one. I love being a mother. But I didn’t always," @kellymcmasters2 writes. https://t.co/wUSAMNROq1