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 […]
What Keeps Us
Author: Jeanine Boulay
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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 […]
An Iranian Odyssey
Author: Rana Soleimani
Odyssey: A long wandering usually marked by many changes in fortune. If people evolve as the result of circumstances in their lives, the main character of An Iranian Odyssey by […]
Isabela’s Way
Author: Barbara Stark-Nemon
Isabela’s Way is a historical novel set in the 1600s centered around the Inquisition. For many, including myself, the Inquisition may have been a period receiving little attention other than […]
Harvesting History While Farming the Flats
Author: Muriel A. Murch
Near the beginning of Harvesting History, a memoir of land and filmmaking and family, it is 1969, and Muriel Aggie Murch, a nurse, and her filmmaker husband Walter have moved […]
