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Body/Work: A Correspondence Since we’d never met in person, I had to picture Richard taking notes, making observations as he walked around Brooklyn’s Cortelyou Road or maybe further south, on Foster Avenue, perhaps on his way…

New at true! Writers Chris Campanioni and Richard Scott Larson discuss the processes of their memoirs, touching on topics such as the secrecy of observation, fluidity versus intentional disruption of time in narrative, and horror films as comfort and also construct. buff.ly/zfVZX3r

08.08.2025 13:48 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Memoir in the Margins The dance between journalism and memoir is like two old friends reconnecting at a party—there’s an awkwardness, a curiosity, and an undeniable chemistry. When I first happened upon this merge…

New at true! Katelynn Humbles contemplates the purpose of intermingling self with reporting: "Before I publish anything personal, I consider, 'Why am I sharing this? What purpose does it serve for the reader?'"

31.05.2025 10:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

New at true! In looking back at how two authors wrote about human rights atrocities, Georgie Archer offers a perspective on the risks and rewards of reaching an intended audience. www.truemag.org

16.05.2025 14:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

true magazine Submission Manager TRUE.True is a bi-weekly conversation around telling true stories. It brings interviews, reviews, craft essays, and personal essays together to explore nonfiction storytelling across form. Read more…

Have you checked out what's been going on at true? Read some of our latest at www.truemag.org, then head on over to Submittable and send in your nonfiction craft essay, book review, or interview: buff.ly/xZKH04z. We're open until May 1.

25.04.2025 19:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Daily Photographs On a slower pace, writing, and realizing what time brings.

New at true. How the movie "Smoke" gave Tricia Patras pause to consider how writing renders the passage of time.

22.04.2025 14:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

true magazine Submission Manager TRUE.True is a bi-weekly conversation around telling true stories. It brings interviews, reviews, craft essays, and personal essays together to explore nonfiction storytelling across form. Read more…

Have you checked out what's been going on at true? Read some of our latest, then head on over to Submittable and send in your nonfiction craft essay, book review, or interview: buff.ly/xZKH04z. We're open until May 1.

21.04.2025 23:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Submissions for true are now open! Send us your nonfiction craft essays, book reviews, and interviews. Find us at: buff.ly/GutdpR2.

01.04.2025 23:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Up now at true. Winner of the 2024 Proximity Essay Prize, this reflection on dwindling memory by Marcia Gregorio Roberts. Read it at truemag.org/2025/02/07/a....

10.02.2025 17:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Plan ahead!

09.02.2025 14:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

true is Back Please allow us to re-introduce true, a home for essays and writing on the craft of nonfiction in its many forms, as well as reviews, interviews, and criticism.

Founded in 2014, true was originally the blog for Proximity, which went on hiatus (like many lit mags) during the pandemic. Read about our comeback.
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08.02.2025 23:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

2024 Nonfiction Round Up Here’s what our contributors and editors loved in 2024 and what they’re excited for in 2025.

Check out our contributors' and editors' favorite reads from 2024. What nonfiction did YOU read last year that you're still thinking about?

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08.02.2025 23:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

true. weekly conversations around telling true stories

Hi there, Bluesky! We're new here. Visit us at truemag.org. We publish conversations around telling true stories.

08.02.2025 23:24 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0