Why subscribe?
The intangibles is geared toward writers of creative nonfiction and memoir.
You might subscribe because you too are navigating this writing life and would like some company and some big questions to chew on. Or because you’re realizing that writing is never just about writing; it’s always teaching us about ourselves. Or because you want to learn how to tell the truth about yourself and about the world. Or because you want to be the first to hear about new classes and writing groups I’m launching
One of my goals in writing this Substack is to make the writing life more transparent, collaborative and community-oriented.
What can subscribers expect?
All subscribers will get access to my personal essays, essays on the writing life, craft essays focused on creative nonfiction and news on my classes and workshop groups. The majority of my publication is free.
Paid subscribers will receive a monthly writing prompt and reading recommendation targeted for creative nonfiction/memoir writers, as well as the joy of knowing they are supporting an independent writer and the literary landscape.
About me
I am an essayist and journalist who is currently working on a memoir. You can find my work in Brevity, Nieman Storyboard, and Under the Gum Tree. My personal essays have placed in local and national competitions and in 2022 I was named an Ella Fountain Pratt Emerging Artist by the Durham Arts Council. I hold an MFA in creative nonfiction from The New School in New York City.
I teach creative writing independently in person and on Zoom to adult writers of creative nonfiction and memoir (with a few fiction writers thrown in every now and then). I believe that sharing writing is a very vulnerable process, so I work hard to design workshops that better support writers.
I run two ongoing workshop and accountability groups that meet year-round and require a 6 month commitment. The Monday Night Writers meets alternate Monday evenings (for fiction + creative nonfiction writers) and The Thursday Writers meets monthly on Thursday mornings (for memoir + creative nonfiction writers). You can learn more about those opportunities here. Find out more at allisonkirkland.com
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Let’s push back against the narrative that writers are lone wolves and that writing happens magically in isolation. Instead let’s talk about our wins and our frustrations, our first drafts and final drafts, and what we’re learning about what it means to be a writer.
Disabled Writers
I was born with a limb difference. Because I am intimately aware of the barriers in the writing community that often silence the disabled community, I offer one year paid subscriptions to writers who are part of the disability community. If you would like a free subscription, please contact me here. If you would like to sponsor a subscription for the disabled community, please contact me here.
