One Chance to Make a First Impression
An editor’s first look at a writer’s work is in the query letter. Steph Auteri, writing in Ploughshares, explains how writers can improve their introductions, and why it matters when they try to...
View ArticleThe Great Nonfiction Escape
But in the grand scheme of things, immersion journalism and other forms of narrative nonfiction, such as memoir, have done more for me as a reader than as a writer, allowing me to vicariously...
View ArticleA Feminist Education
As I continue reading Gay’s book, I can’t help but think of how my definition of myself as a feminist has evolved over the years. Looking back over the past 15 years, in particular, I can mark this...
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If You Are Abandoned
The first time my uncle disappeared was eight years ago, during the cocktail hour at my wedding. He was one of the first people to approach me after the ceremony, his voice low and reserved as he...
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This Week in Essays
At Bleacher Report, Rembert Browne takes a deep dive into the social justice implications of where things stand with Colin Kaepernick. “I did not feel more female. I felt mortal.” For Avidly, Jenni...
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How Amazon Is Making Sex a Dirty Word
I am no stranger to the uneasy relationship businesses have with sex. As someone who has written about sexuality for the past fifteen years, I have become used to modulating my voice for the...
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What to Read When You Want Strong Women Who Refuse to Shut Up About Sexuality
Writing about sex for a living was never the plan. Rather, it was a gig I face-planted my way into when I was twenty-two. “Are you comfortable with adult content?” I was asked during an interview for...
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #156: Steph Auteri
Writing is a slippery business. In 2009, Steph Auteri and I were just two underemployed writers working for a love and relationships website, churning out content, cobbling together freelance jobs, and...
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