Reflections on Creative Nonfiction, Memoir, (Auto)Biography, Life-Writing, and the Essay
07 Dec 2012 at 20:53
Julija Šukys
Buddhism, Chris Arthur, CNF Conversations, Creative Nonfiction, E. B. White, Editing, Essays, Interviews, Ireland, Patrick Madden, Paul Valéry, Personal Essays, Structure, Uncategorized, Writing
Chris Arthur, On the Shoreline of Knowledge: Irish Wanderings. Iowa City: Shoreline Books, 2012. This is Part II of a two-part interview with Chris Arthur. Click here to access Part I. Julija Šukys: Like you, I’m obsessed with the writing of ordinary lives. The following passage is marked in pencil and with exclamation marks in [...]
15 Mar 2012 at 10:10
Julija Šukys
Countdown to Publication, Creative Nonfiction, Editing, Epistolophilia, Essays, Journalism, Journeys, Personal Essays, Publishing, Rejection, SheWrites, Structure, Uncategorized, Writing
I’m leading a writer’s workshop on the personal essay in the fall. I’m happy about it, because the essay is a form I love. I tend to write essays at the beginning of a bigger project, and use them as a way to test out ideas and to work through central questions of longer projects. [...]
08 Mar 2012 at 07:26
Julija Šukys
Archives, Chronology, Countdown to Publication, Creative Nonfiction, Epistolophilia, Letters, Life-writing, Memory, Ona Šimaitė, Research, Reviews, SheWrites, Structure, Uncategorized, Writing
The first review of Epistolophilia: Writing the Life of Ona Šimaitė appeared a few days ago. And even though this isn’t my first book or review, it’s still a wild ride to have strangers reading my work. In her review of the book, Claire Posner points to a major challenge that I faced writing this [...]
