Olive, Again, Elizabeth Strout, – I remember the moment I fell in love with Olive Kitteridge. It was near the end of the book and Olive was lying down looking out a window.
Ellen Birkett Morris
Ellen Birkett Morris is an award-winning, multi-genre writer based in Louisville, Kentucky. Morris is the author of LOST GIRLS, a short story collection, which Kirkus Reviews called "A varied set of tales from a skilled practitioner of the short form."
Her fiction has appeared in Shenandoah, Antioch Review, Notre Dame Review, South Carolina Review, Fiction Southeast, Santa Fe Literary Review, and Upstreet, among other journals. https://ellenbirkettmorris.ink/index.html
Write for Joy Says Bestselling Author Center
Things You Save In a Fire, Katherine Center, Macmillan – Katherine Center has a knack for creating women characters that are down to earth, yet heroic, inspiring, but real.
Inspired by Composer Erik Satie, Horrocks Weaves Historical Fiction
Vexations, Caitlin Horrocks, Little Brown – Caitlin Horrocks, author of The Vexations, had finished her MFA at Arizona State University in 2007 and had been writing short stories for a few years, when she signed up for a summer workshop in 2010.
Building a Short Story Collection with Patience and Persistence
We Love Anderson Cooper, R. L. Maizes, Macmillian – In her debut short story collection, We Love Anderson Cooper, R.L. Maizes takes readers into some intriguing scenarios: a young man who decides to come out during his bar mitzvah, a disfigured tattoo artist who discovers healing powers, a therapist, whose new couch has the power to take away sadness, a woman haunted by the spirit of her dead dogs.
The Editor Explores Mother/Son Relationships
The Editor, Steven Rowley, Peguin Random House – The Editor Explores Mother/Son Relationships – I can’t lie. I was drawn to Steven Rowley’s novel THE EDITOR for the chance to spend time, even fictionally, with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
The Magnetic Girl: History and Imagination, a Compelling Tale
The Magnetic Girl, Jessica Handler, Hub City Press – History and Imagination Yield Compelling Tale
Shaman of Turtle Valley Explores Cultural Differences
The Shaman of Turtle Valley, Cifford Garstang, Braddock Avenue Books – A painting hangs over the fireplace in Clifford Garstang’s home in rural Virginia of a temple with the Mountain God between two mountain ranges.
Southern Roots Lie at the Heart of Ripples
Ripples, Evan Williams, Southern Fried Karma – Place is essential to storytelling. This is a concept author Evan Williams is quick to embrace.
Community Fuels Creativity for Lynda Loigman’s Novel
The Wartime Sisters, Lynda Cohen Loigman, St. Martins Press – Lynda Cohen Loigman was taking her first creative writing class at the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College when she discovered the power of having a writing community to better her work.
Shelf Life of Happiness Explores Complexity of Love
Shelf Life of Happiness, Virginia Pye Virginia Pye had always written, but when she took a class from Annie Dillard at Wesleyan University in Connecticut she began to get a deeper sense of what writing requires.
