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Abbie Kiefer Had to Figure out Why Television Was Important to a Book About Grief and Hope
At the center of this book are my mom’s illness and death—a process of loss that made me easily distracted. I couldn’t write or read, so I stuck to what…
Fried Shallots, Chaos Thresholds
So, welcome to a new series: A COOKBOOK AND A CRAFT BOOK in which I share notes on one cookbook and one craft book (which I understand broadly as…
 • Bronwen Tate
A.E. Osworth Had Planned to Write a Romp
This book was supposed to be fun (and don’t worry, I think it turned out fun in the end). But I was inputting a huge amount of pandemic news every day…
Roasted Root Vegetables with Lemony Black Kale and Delicious Salty Things
Here’s what you need:Some beets, carrots, or other root vegetables. Potatoes, sure. Parsnips, why not? A winter squash like kabocha would be fine too…
 • Bronwen Tate
Nancy Reddy Grabbed a Stack of Index Cards and a Roll of Painter's Tape
The index cards forced a measure of economy, since I couldn’t explain the nuance of a study or wax poetic, and taping them up meant I could easily move…
 • Bronwen Tate and Nancy Reddy
Lois Eustis Tate Needed to Be More Forthcoming About Who She Was
I began by working on the level of the scene, learning those building blocks. I wrote scenes from Wayne’s point of view, based on events he described in…
 • Lois Tate and Bronwen Tate
My Tenure Tattoo
I perched in the padded tattoo chair grateful for the lymph, the healthy white blood cells rising up to the surface that allowed my skin to take the…
 • Bronwen Tate
Holly Flauto Got Tired of Filling in the Blanks with the "Right" Answer
The answers to the blanks on the immigration application have burst out of their normal official structures into poems—each one stretching out in a…
Anna Henderson Was Finally Able to Drop the Shark
I bring readers into the research and discovery process of science and behind the scenes in the work of politics. I wrote the book with my old field…
 • Bronwen Tate and Anna Farro Henderson
Ok, But How?
Ok, But How?
Nitty-gritty process-nerd notes on writing, reading, teaching, & cooking. Monthly(ish) updates with writing exercises, reading recs, recipes, and more.
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