Summer's in full swing. Here at R&S headquarters, we're seeking out the shade and waiting for tomatoes. Summer's also prime time for camp. How To Pack for Church Camp, an online anthology of creative nonfiction about summer camp, is edited by R&S web editor Nicole Sheets and features work from several R&S folks. Check out: … Continue reading R&S Editors and Contributors Share Summer Camp Stories
Huge congratulations are in order for Julie Riddle, nonfiction editor for Rock & Sling. Riddle's memoir was chosen for the American Lives Series from the University of Nebraska Press. The series is edited by Tobias Wolff, and the book is slated for publication in 2016. Read more about the book here. Julie is the craft-essay editor for Brevity. She works as senior writer … Continue reading Congratulations To Rock & Sling Nonfiction Editor Julie Riddle
by Mackenna Kuehl Instructions: Remember to set your alarm for 6:15 am, the exact time when you need to go and wake your mother up. Make sure mom sets her vibrating alarm as well, just in case your alarm doesn’t go off. Kiss mom and brother goodnight, then get in bed. Lie awake for about … Continue reading An Excerpt From “Deaf Speak”
by Alicia Peebles Less Sometimes I dreamed of myself as Puerto Rican, sometimes Native American, sometimes Japanese. It depended on the friends that I made. Even at six years old, I knew that something about my skin color made me less…something. But what? Less beautiful? Less desirable? Less intelligent? Less of a person? I had … Continue reading An Excerpt From “Skin. Hair. Color.”
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