Dancing on My Own Two Feet opens with a marriage proposal. It is a crisp, spring day. As waves roll onto a California beach, Jenn Todling is presented with three […]
Dancing on My Own Two Feet
Author: Jenn Todling
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The Land of Everlasting Sky: A Memoir of Loss and Legacy on Lake of the Woods
Author: Jill D. Swenson
What happens when you lose everything you thought you had, and have to start over? When what you thought you understood about your family and history turns out to be […]
Piece by Piece
Author: Kim Danielson
“Our artifacts might be evidence we existed. But the stories behind those artifacts are evidence we lived” (p. 228). Kim Danielson, the author of “Piece by Piece,” has created a […]
What Keeps Us
Author: Jeanine Boulay
Many people, as they stroll through cemeteries, notice the names and dates on the headstones of strangers. They might comment about how old—or, sadly, how young—someone was at death. They […]
An Interview with Gila Pfeffer, Author of SCN’s 2024 Gilda Prize Winner—Nearly Departed: Adventures in Loss, Cancer, and Other Inconveniences
Author: Gila Pfeffer
Breast cancer is not a laughing matter. Or is it? Perhaps you don’t know Gila Pfeffer, author of the memoir Nearly Departed: Adventures in Loss, Cancer, and Other Inconveniences. winner […]
The Most Wonderful Terrible Person
Author: Debra Miller
In 1966, Joan Didion wrote about Lucille Miller’s murder trial in her iconic essay “Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream,” casting Lucille as a cautionary symbol of California ambition gone […]
