When I wrote my first play "Crazy for Life," I had no idea what I was doing. Seriously. I had acted before but never written a one-person show, particularly one about my own experience living with ...

It is said that poets see the world differently, sometimes it is by describing or telling the story in a simplistic manner whether it is a haiku, a sonnet or free verse. I find poetry is everywhere in ...

In a 2005 performance piece influential in experimental literary circles, “‘& and’ and foulipo,” poets Juliana Spahr and Stephanie Young make a case for writing that “engage[s] the [r]elation betweeen ...

Daily, we are bombarded with media messages promising quick-fix solutions to transform our lives — attached to expensive course offerings, dietary supplements, and exercise plan enrollments — all of ...

Because I am now 100,000 words into a new novel and find myself spinning around two screenplays and two mini-series, it is much easier to look back over my writing career and understand some of what I ...

Dawn Garisch is affiliated with the Life Righting Collective. She is a facilitator on the courses it runs. Steve Reid receives funding from South African Medical Research Council. He is a ...

Writing an autobiography can lead to profound self-discovery and challenge long-held assumptions. The act of writing promotes reflection, revealing the real impact of experiences and decisions beyond ...