<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Left Margin Lit]]></title><description><![CDATA[leftmarginlit]]></description><link>https://www.leftmarginlit.org/marginalia</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:06:30 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.leftmarginlit.org/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Writing, Swimming, and Living in the Present]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Jenny Fosket In 2022 I challenged myself to swim every single day and to write a blog post about it. It will come as no surprise to my...]]></description><link>https://www.leftmarginlit.org/single-post/writing-swimming-and-living-in-the-present</link><guid isPermaLink="false">640641b625c3d71aaf190b30</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 16:55:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9639ef_abb542da96474afbb1168ec6660c1bbc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_320,h_240,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rachel Richardson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writers on Writing, Volume 15: Jim Whiteside]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jim Whiteside is the author of a chapbook, Writing Your Name on the Glass (Bull City Press, 2019) and is a 2019-2021 Wallace Stegner...]]></description><link>https://www.leftmarginlit.org/single-post/writers-on-writing-volume-15-jim-whiteside</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6018571a6ee422001771885d</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2021 19:32:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9639ef_a7cbecb4477b416a89448c1db51f8441~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Andrew Chan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writers on Writing, Volume 14: MK Chavez]]></title><description><![CDATA["I’m working on a manuscript that uses horror film to explore the experience of other. I’ve been a big horror film fan ever since...]]></description><link>https://www.leftmarginlit.org/single-post/writers-on-writing-volume-14-mk-chavez</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f6437e8f2602100170db57a</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2020 04:32:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9639ef_cca520a2e2dd41899e3542e73fb2df1a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Andrew Chan, Intern</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writers on Writing, Volume 13: Kelly Egan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kelly Egan's poems have appeared in Colorado Review, Denver Quarterly, Luna Luna, RHINO, White Stag, Laurel Review, and elsewhere. Her...]]></description><link>https://www.leftmarginlit.org/single-post/2019/09/04/writers-on-writing-volume-13-kelly-egan</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f5933bcab53f70017bd849d</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2019 19:50:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9639ef_8da5b94845284ddbb5416e7f38202cc7~mv2_d_3024_3024_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Joy Cancryn, Intern</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writers on Writing, Volume 12: Mary Volmer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mary Volmer is the author of two novels: Crown of Dust and Reliance, Illinois. Her essays, reviews, and short stories have appeared in...]]></description><link>https://www.leftmarginlit.org/single-post/2019/04/09/writers-on-writing-volume-12-mary-volmer</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f5933bcab53f70017bd849c</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2019 20:33:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9639ef_6a433360c23940988818502e0798c644~mv2_d_2048_3072_s_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Joy Cancryn, Intern</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writers on Writing, Volume 11: Maw Shein Win]]></title><description><![CDATA[Maw Shein Win is a poet, editor, and educator. Her writing has appeared in many journals and several anthologies, including Cimarron...]]></description><link>https://www.leftmarginlit.org/single-post/2019/03/25/writers-on-writing-volume-11-maw-shein-win</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f5933bcab53f70017bd849b</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2019 22:05:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9639ef_9d950d3fbd474416bf7b41cd20273fa5~mv2_d_1441_2000_s_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Joy Cancryn, Intern</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writers on Writing, Volume 10: Caroline Goodwin]]></title><description><![CDATA[Caroline Goodwin moved to the Bay Area in 1999 to attend Stanford as a Wallace Stegner Fellow in poetry. She teaches at Stanford...]]></description><link>https://www.leftmarginlit.org/single-post/2019/03/04/writers-on-writing-volume-10-caroline-goodwin</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f5933bcab53f70017bd849a</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2019 06:18:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9639ef_441653a607ad4bf6b50a25e721b49d31~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_266,h_312,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Joy Cancryn, Intern</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writers on Writing, Volume 9: Kate O'Shaughnessy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kate O'Shaughnessy writes middle grade fiction. Her debut novel, The Lonely Heart of Maybelle Lane, will be published with Knopf/Random...]]></description><link>https://www.leftmarginlit.org/single-post/2019/02/13/writers-on-writing-volume-9</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f5933bcab53f70017bd8499</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2019 20:38:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9639ef_f5187fc9e877474286af4acb2f46c686~mv2_d_1222_1222_s_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jacob Toews, Intern</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writers on Writing, Volume 8:        Zoe FitzGerald Carter]]></title><description><![CDATA[Zoe FitzGerald Carter is the author of the memoir Imperfect Endings: A Daughter’s Story of Love, Loss, and Letting Go (Simon &#38; Schuster)....]]></description><link>https://www.leftmarginlit.org/single-post/2018/12/13/writers-on-writing-volume-8-zoe-fitzgerald-carter</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f5933bcab53f70017bd8498</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2018 03:44:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9639ef_9236a17de99048c09ac16e95402cbcf8~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_427,h_640,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jacob Toews, Intern</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writers on Writing, Volume 7: Rick Barot]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rick Barot was born in the Philippines, grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, and attended Wesleyan University and The Writers’ Workshop...]]></description><link>https://www.leftmarginlit.org/single-post/2018/11/01/writers-on-writing-volume-7-rick-barot</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f5933bcab53f70017bd8497</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2018 20:33:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9639ef_2978829d829c41e7a2a427fd3e476bf8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_740,h_924,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jacob Toews, Intern</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writers on Writing, Volume 6: Angela Dalton]]></title><description><![CDATA[Angela Dalton was once a producer of online kids’ games and other cool nerdy things. An Oakland resident, she's now a writer and...]]></description><link>https://www.leftmarginlit.org/single-post/2018/10/17/writers-on-writing-volume-6-angela-dalton</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f5933bcab53f70017bd8496</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2018 22:24:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9639ef_0aa18b5b177c494394d3b75db9682e1a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_500,h_352,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jacob Toews, Intern</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writers on Writing, Volume 5: Alan Chazaro]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alan Chazaro is a high school teacher at the Oakland School for the Arts, the former Lawrence Ferlinghetti Fellow at the University of...]]></description><link>https://www.leftmarginlit.org/single-post/2018/10/04/writers-on-writing-volume-5-alan-chazaro</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f5933bcab53f70017bd8495</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2018 19:32:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9639ef_1cc001c53c774132a63b025568bbc5ee~mv2_d_4032_3024_s_4_2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>By Cindy Lim, Intern</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writers on Writing, Volume 4: Lauren Markham]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lauren Markham is a writer and educator based in Berkeley who writes fiction, essays, and literary journalism. Her book, The Far Away...]]></description><link>https://www.leftmarginlit.org/single-post/2018/08/27/writers-on-writing-volume-4-lauren-markham</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f5933bcab53f70017bd8494</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2018 17:33:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9639ef_f2c3fd25e9714bfa81dd19722ee281f9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_952,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>By Cindy Lim, Intern</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writers on Writing, Volume 3: Elizabeth Scarboro]]></title><description><![CDATA[Elizabeth Scarboro has written a memoir titled My Foreign Cities. She has also written two children’s books: Phoenix, Upside Down and The Se]]></description><link>https://www.leftmarginlit.org/single-post/2018/03/06/writers-on-writing-volume-3-elizabeth-scarboro</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f5933bcab53f70017bd8493</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2018 05:30:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9639ef_6654a4fddee3465397d92e81a7327aff~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_853,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>By Cindy Lim, Intern</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writers on Writing, Volume 2: LML Student Jennifer Williams]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jennifer Williams is a writer, musician, and community organizer in Oakland. She received her MFA from Mills, where she was awarded the...]]></description><link>https://www.leftmarginlit.org/single-post/2017/06/19/writers-on-writing-volume-2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f5933bcab53f70017bd8492</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2017 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9639ef_2324adb35b0c4c03811741fdec1a8745~mv2_d_2172_1448_s_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kierra Sewell, intern</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writers on Writing, Volume 1: Monica Wesolowska]]></title><description><![CDATA[Left Margin LIT loves the writers of the East Bay. This interview series will feature members of our community talking about their...]]></description><link>https://www.leftmarginlit.org/single-post/2017/05/09/writers-on-writing-volume-1-monica-wesolowska</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f5933bcab53f70017bd8491</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2017 20:47:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9639ef_218e0273b8994963b48a612f2bd09b36~mv2_d_1337_1503_s_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kierra Sewell, intern</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[More press!]]></title><description><![CDATA[David gets interviewed about our project for Your Berkeley: http://yourberkeley.com/2016/11/15/lml/#sthash.H0fXSkI9.dpbs]]></description><link>https://www.leftmarginlit.org/single-post/2016/11/03/more-press</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f5933bcab53f70017bd8490</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2016 04:55:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Rachel Richardson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The SF Chronicle interviews LML!]]></title><description><![CDATA[The San Francisco Chronicle visited our workshop space a few days ago to learn more about who we are, our classes, and our future plans!...]]></description><link>https://www.leftmarginlit.org/single-post/2016/09/12/the-sf-chronicle-interviews-lml</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f5933bcab53f70017bd848f</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2016 22:06:49 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Rachel Richardson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Welcome to Left Margin]]></title><description><![CDATA[Since last year Rachel and I have worked for a new nonprofit called the Bay Area Book Festival, which takes place every year in downtown...]]></description><link>https://www.leftmarginlit.org/single-post/2016/08/30/welcome</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f5933bcab53f70017bd848e</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2016 07:35:09 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>David Roderick</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>