Reflections on Creative Nonfiction, Memoir, (Auto)Biography, Life-Writing, and the Essay
26 Sep 2011 at 13:39
Julija Šukys
Autobiography, Beth Kaplan, Biography, Calls for Submissions, CNF Conversations, Creative Nonfiction, Daiva Markelis, Feminism, Myrna Kostash, Nancy K. Miller, Publishing, Susan Olding, Uncategorized, Writing
A few months ago, I started a feature on the site called CNF Conversations, where I interview other writers of creative nonfiction. (CNF stands for creative nonfiction.) I was looking for a way to do something of substance, to build community, to meet fellow writers, and to learn more about what was happening in the genre. [...]
16 May 2011 at 09:35
Julija Šukys
Adoption, Alice Munro, China, CNF Conversations, Creative Nonfiction, Domesticity, Infertility, Memoir, Mothering, Personal Essays, Publishing, Susan Olding, Uncategorized, Virginia Woolf, Writing
Susan Olding, Pathologies: A Life in Essays. Calgary: Freehand Books, 2008. * Susan Olding’s first book, Pathologies: A Life in Essays, won the Creative Nonfiction Collective’s Readers’ Choice Award, and was nominated for the BC National Award for Canadian Nonfiction. Her essays, fiction, and poetry have appeared widely in Canada and the United States, and she is [...]
15 May 2011 at 13:20
Julija Šukys
Adoption, Autobiography, China, CNF Conversations, Creative Nonfiction, Domesticity, Editing, Friendship, Infertility, Memoir, Mothering, Personal Essays, Publishing, Susan Olding, Uncategorized, Virginia Woolf, Writers' Workshops, Writing
Susan Olding, Pathologies: A Life in Essays. Calgary: Freehand Books, 2008. * This is Part II of a two-piece interview with author, Susan Olding. Click here to access Part I. Julija Šukys: You describe leaving Maia for the first time– it’s not an easy thing to do, but necessary and desirable for your work. There, [...]
