About the Notes

As a longtime teacher of creative writing and a writer working in other genres, I had some general ideas about the craft involved in writing creative nonfiction. But writing a memoir has upended my ideas about what I thought I knew. I’ve begun to write notes and micro-essays as a way to process what I am learning and how it is shaping my writing and teaching. Are there questions or comments you have about memoir craft–especially questions about where the practices of poetry and memoir writing might intersect and diverge? Get in touch. I’m interested in deepening the conversation by bringing in other voices.