Commentaries – Page 7 – Berkeley Fiction Review

The Ethics of Writing Trauma – from the author of “Please, be Sensitive” in Issue 40

In my story, I supplied characters that cared for my character and asked questions when she…
Let’s Talk about Inclusion

For much of my young adult life, I had a secret. A secret that carried a…
On McSweeney’s Publishing, The Genius of Miriam Toews and Jonathan Plombon, and The Use of Humor as a Gateway into Difficult Subject Matter

If you’re fortunate enough to have been one of my victims over the past few months,…
Perfume

Last semester, I took a class on the forgotten literary art of the epistolary. To drive…
Writing for Non-Writers: or How to Free-Write Free Will

There is a common misconception that a writer is a particular sort of person. That being…
All We Need is a Writer Who Writes

There are points in a writer’s life when the creative juices are not flowing. The juices…
The Written Advantage

Why even bother? That’s a question perhaps worth asking of the written word. We have movies,…
The Faceless Artist

Who is the artist behind this piece? Is the individual male or female? What ethnicity? If…
Ego-Less Writing

A writer, above all other professionals, ought to be self-aware. Nothing is more detestable than writing…
What Bathos Can Do for Your Short Fiction

We all know the drill: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action. This is the formula for…