by rowanmccandless_vqvktw | Feb 10, 2021 | and curiouser
https://thefiddlehead.ca/content/welcoming-rowan-mccandless-creative-nonfiction-editor In December I was asked to join The Fiddlehead as their creative nonfiction editor. I’m honoured to be following in the footsteps of the fabulous Alicia Elliott. I look...
by rowanmccandless_vqvktw | Feb 6, 2021 | and curiouser
On your paternal side, your grandpa Lever fled Columbia, South Carolina, at the age of sixteen. Your grandma Daisy said he left after his brother was beaten to death with a hammer for applying for a white man’s job. He journeyed to Chicago, part of the Great Migration...
by rowanmccandless_vqvktw | Jan 30, 2021 | and curiouser
ATLAS Shrugged — a lot. While travelling, a sense of humour is important. So are snacks and good company, as well as an awesome playlist.* Sometimes I imagine heading to parts unknown — driving in my car until I run out of cash or am stopped by the ocean. I’ll pick up...
by rowanmccandless_vqvktw | Jan 30, 2021 | and curiouser
Each month, I will be posting excerpts from my memoir-in-essay, Persephone’s Children. I hope they vibe with you. Selene nudges the box of tissues on the side table toward me. I fight the urge to push it back. “Have you thought any more about my suggestion?...
by rowanmccandless_vqvktw | Jan 13, 2021 | and curiouser
Each month, I will be posting excerpts from my memoir-in-essay, Persephone’s Children. I hope my work vibes with you. “When you left your second husband, it had been a spur-of-the-moment decision. Your mother had said H was only using you, that he didn’t...
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