Posts by WROB Fellows – Page 8 – The Writers' Room of Boston

Summer Reading

Recently, I walked into a bookstore with my nine-year-old daughter and said, choose a book you want—anything under ten dollars. She surprised me […]

One of my most vivid childhood memories is among my most painful. It was the first day of first grade, and our task […]

When I enter the Writers’ Room of Boston, the successful works of writers greet me. Displayed in the foyer are the completed […]

I’m in the middle of an MFA thesis, in the middle of revising a story, one that I’ve been writing, on and […]

Memoir: it’s all about me, me, me. And yet in reality the focus is not on “me” at all—it’s on “you,” the […]

Settling into the Writers Room has been a process of settling into new routines. On the days I reserve for writing, it’s no […]

I think about my new route to routine as I slog through snowbanks and across icy sidewalks, after the long haul made on […]

At the end of 2014, I saw a lot of year-end lists in newspapers and online, including “Best of 2014” and “Year […]

I have tried line dancing a few times in my life, usually at weddings or baby showers, and I find it surprisingly […]

There are words that should be said but, for one reason or another, never are. One might feel embarrassed, ashamed, even guilt-ridden […]