Originally, I shared news here from my new book HOW TO LIVE: A Memoir in Essays (Tupelo 2023). The Continuous Life (inspired by Mark Strand) explores how, as writers, we find our way forward from poem to poem, to essays & stories & books.
I write to shine a light on a dim or otherwise pitch black corner...to provide relief for myself and others. It's the light that I am looking for. And the wonder it illuminates. May my words land in your heart. yours, Laura
Dear Fiction is brought to you by author Brooke Lea Foster and takes you behind the scenes of my writing life, my books, travels, recommendations and lots more.
CRAFT TALK is a weekly newsletter about writing, creativity and productivity from author Jami Attenberg. This is also the home of #1000wordsofsummer, where, once a year, we write 1000 words a day together for two weeks straight.
This substack offers conversation, curated content, and book recs on the act of perseverance in familial relationships. It's rooted in a book I'm working on that focuses on my brother's traumatic brain injury and how it affected our family dynamic.
