Blog Why Do I Suddenly Want to Read Nonfiction? LRR, February 17, 2026February 13, 2026 Written by: Jenna Ulizio Reading has always been an escape for me. In middle school, when reading bloomed into one of my most favorite things, it was fantasy that had me holed up for hours, marveling over how someone could draw me so completely from reality. I study English and History; I read a lot of… Continue Reading
Blog How Do We Draw the Limit on Genre? LRR, March 2, 2023February 8, 2025 Our co-copyediting lead and nonfiction panelist Ally Carbutti discusses the limits of literary genres. Continue Reading
Blog What Is Creative Nonfiction? LRR, March 18, 2020February 8, 2025 By Alex Mika Last year, I enrolled in a course, as many irresponsible undergraduates do, not knowing what the hell I was getting myself into. It was called “Creative Writing: Poetry and Creative Nonfiction.” Poetry, I knew. Nonfiction, I knew. But creative nonfiction? It felt like a doublespeak term out… Continue Reading
“A Man and His Beard” by Carleton Whaley (2015) LRR, February 7, 2016June 16, 2017 I had just survived an encounter with a grease fire in my house which had burned off parts of my hair and beard, as well as most of the paint on my door. My friend Dan was with me, and after we both cleaned spilled oil off the floor he… Continue Reading
A Dinner with Rigoberto Gonzalez LRR, April 27, 2015February 8, 2025 I had the opportunity to sit down and chat with Rigoberto Gonzalez April 16th, 2015. Prior to this dinner, I sat, front row, at his reading at the UConn Co-Op (brought to our campus but the Creative Writing Program). He read excerpts of his novels and discussed his experiences… Continue Reading
The Writing on the Wall LRR, February 20, 2015February 8, 2025 Most word-lovers I know, myself included, have the same habit: collecting quotes. Whether it be two lines from a poem or something a professor said in class, taking those words out of context and into one’s own life is important. I’ve been “living” in the same studio space in the… Continue Reading
The Art of Letterpress LRR, February 6, 2015February 8, 2025 Two years ago, I was in a basic printshop class in the Bishop Center on campus. The major printshop, where most of the intaglio etching, woodblock carving, and lithography happen, is connected to a smaller, more tightly arranged room. The room is full of giant presses, book weights that were taller than… Continue Reading
Top Ten Nonfiction Books That Will Change Your Life LRR, April 23, 2014February 8, 2025 These ten books, I can say with confidence, have changed my life in some way, and they will probably change your life too. Or, maybe not, because I’m me and you aren’t. But I’m fairly certain that these books will make you think about nonfiction, or English boarding schools, or… Continue Reading
“Soooo….Do You Want to be a Teacher?”: Lessons Learned from Being an English Major LRR, March 3, 2014February 8, 2025 I never liked kids. My mom loves to tell the story of how, when I was five, I asked where babies come from. After she detailed the process in five-year-old speak, I wrinkled my nose. “Am I going to have to do that?” Don’t get me wrong, I like my… Continue Reading
Call for Nonfiction Submissions/How You Know You’re a Nonfiction Writer LRR, December 3, 2011February 8, 2025 Call for Nonfiction Submissions/How You Know You’re a Nonfiction Writer 1. You know you’re a nonfiction writer if there are moments you cannot shake. Granted, we all have them. Mine include the night down by the ferry, when I sat beneath the one blinking stoplight at 11 p.m., feet propped… Continue Reading