All of my writing mentors have at one point said the same thing: Don’t give up. Keep Writing. When you’re…
Tag: debut author
I’m so thrilled to welcome my friend Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar to the Debutante Ball this week! Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar is…
I’m not a person who tends to dispense a lot of advice. I can tell myself that this…
Missing my poetry-mom Lucille Clifton especially today. Here she is reading aloud a poem of hers that I love. Until I…
I’m so thrilled to welcome Cinelle Barnes to the Debutante Ball this week! Cinelle Barnes is an essayist, memoirist, and…
I remember when I went to my writing group after my agent got the offer from…
At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has…
I’m delighted to welcome my friend Vijaya Nagarajan to the Debutante Ball this week! Vijaya Nagarajan is an Associate Professor and…
You know how they say you should never put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear? I know…
I’m so thrilled to welcome Christine O’Brien to the Debutante Ball this week! Christine is a lecturer in the English…