My first archival experience was a mere email exchange. It was June 2020, and no one was leaving their residence, much less making archival trips across the...
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When you think about a memorable children’s book, what comes to mind? Our memories of reading tend to elicit visual responses, whether we’re...
Visiting the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, AL, was something I’d wanted to do since I first heard about it in 2018 but living in...
The planning for the research and writing of a book always begins with an idea, an idea that seeps into your being and becomes a lens through which you view...
Surrounded by the Wasatch Mountains and crisp morning air, I arrived at the Brigham Young University (BYU) Museum of Art eager to see the Vik Muniz: Extra...
I was about to start my first year as an MFA candidate in Creative Writing-Fiction at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. I had a clear vision of my...
I’m not the kind of person to get writer’s block. Ideas are never an issue. Part of what got me rolling on a daily writing habit was when someone on...