Vermont stone carver Heather Milne Ritchie has written with frankness and humor about her studio sessions with the photographer Jack Rowell. Her essay was commissioned by Jack's publisher for a talk about his work.

Join Jack, Sara, and other Korongo members at the Rochester Public Library in Rochester, Vermont, at 4 pm on Saturday, May 16.

Photographer's model Kathryn Harty Ross writes about what it was like to work with Vermont photograph Jack Rowell, author of the new coffeetable book "Jack Rowell: Photographs."

Korongo will be in Rochester, Vermont, on May 16, 2026 for the annual Spring Fling at the town library. Just before vacating his Paris apartment and moving back to the U.S., Herb Campbell came out on the train to have dinner with Mr. T and me. As we talked about the new direction Herb's life is taking, I asked him if he would have more time to write. "Oh, yes," he answered. "Definitely." I encouraged him to start a writing group in Rochester, Vermont, his hometown; Herb grew

Thirty ways to feel like a local when you travel. Writing prompt at the end.

Aunt Ruth's House After Uncle Charles Died (a story in which something breaks).

A writing workshop based on photographs.

This essay by a former humanities teacher at Randolph Union High School mirrors what many of us are feeling at this critical moment in American history.

At a time when the sexual revolution and the feminist movement were opening doors for American women, young Karen Moses left her parents' middle-class home in the Bronx and set out to live her own free life, unencumbered by social convention.

What would you do if your guidance counselor proposed that you abandon your artistic ambitions in favor of a “sensible” career? A career in service to others, one that involves panty hose, white oxfords, and the handling of bodily fluids? If you were a high school girl in 1972, chances are you would say, “Oh, okay,” and get on with it. If you were Gloria Baker, you would make up your mind to be the best nurse ever.

Memoirists often talk about life-changing moments. Identifying them is an essential step in turning lived experience into art.

The prompt: Write a poem that includes the phrase "The life you have." Morning walk, Foret de Fontainebleau, Rue des Princes. Nothing...

The women behind the pies did what they had to do. They got on with it. They managed.

Mr. T has been on dialysis for six years. We are captives of the French health-care system. My diary is about making every day count.

Was there ever a time when you began to doubt one of your core beliefs? What happened and how did you respond?

When you finish the “I Remember” exercise, take a look at what you’ve got to see if it contains a story.

This writing exercise was inspired by a well-known children's story.

Once upon a time in Los Angeles I was the managing editor of a magazine called Buzz. My job—one of my jobs—was to make sure the editorial...

“My grandmother Louisa, on my father's side, lived in a small house in the village of Continvoir, where I was born. My sister and I spent...

Before you begin another round of revisions, ask yourself these two questions.