TL:DR: Here’s the syllabus. (Links are clickable and they’ll get you to the “readings”, tutorials, etc.) This last semester I got to teach a class fully focused on digital storytelling for the first time. I’d been adding units on digital stories and essays to my composition and creative writing classes for many years, but thisContinue reading “Digital Storytelling for Creative Writers”
Category Archives: non-fiction
A Beginner’s Guide to Publishing
If you’re just here for the publishing handout and would prefer not to read my rambling lamentations about leaving teaching, here ya go! This summer will be the first summer since I turned 21 that I won’t be readying syllabi for my fall courses. The details are complex and, frankly, boring, but after a lot of thought, my partnerContinue reading “A Beginner’s Guide to Publishing”
AWP 2014 & Recent Web Work Round-up
I will not be in Seattle for AWP this year, but my books will be! You can get a copy of Why We Never Talk About Sugar, my collection of short stories, at the Braddock Avenue Books table. Or, you can grab a copy of my brand new chapbook, This Will Be His Legacy, from LetteredContinue reading “AWP 2014 & Recent Web Work Round-up”
“Birth Story” in The Rumpus
Today I’m vey proud to have essay up at The Rumpus, which consistently publishes the best non-fiction of any magazine or website I read. The piece is called “Birth Story” and it’s about birth stories in general, and one in particular. In many ways, it’s a follow-up to an essay of mine they published lastContinue reading ““Birth Story” in The Rumpus”
Updates.
I’ve got some new work out in the world. Here’s what’s new: An essay in the new issue of Third Coast called “Other Aubreys I Have Known.” It’s about me…kind of. It’s about recognizing myself in other people. Here’s an excerpt: Aubrey #1 I don’t know her real name, but she is me, sort of. MyContinue reading “Updates.”
Talking to Little Girls
Today, for the first time ever, I have a piece of writing in a newspaper! Long live print media! My article is called “Chatting with Princess Wannabe” and it’s in today’s edition of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The article is a response to Lisa Bloom’s Huffington Post piece, “How to Talk to Little Girls“. In herContinue reading “Talking to Little Girls”
The Reprint’s “Stolen Issue”
I recently lent an essay I’d written to the talented Brian Oliu to be remixed as part of The Reprint’s “Stolen Issue.” The essay, “A Florist’s Encyclopedia,” originally appeared in Third Coast in the fall of 2010, and when Brian contacted me about doing a re-write, I answered with a resounding “Hell yes!” Brian isContinue reading “The Reprint’s “Stolen Issue””
Making Metaphor
First of all, very glad to even be able to type the word “metaphor” today. On Saturday, I poured a very full glass of water directly into the keyboard of my shiny new laptop. It was mostly fine, but not all of the keys recovered. I had to spend the next 24 hours using theContinue reading “Making Metaphor”
Aubrey Hirsch 