Archive - Missives from the Verge with Allyson Shaw

on this Full Pink Moon

12 hrs ago •

Ask Me Anything

What’s on your mind? Ask me anything! I like to talk about writing—from memoir to fiction as well as research in the service of writing and buil…

Apr 15 •

A Place Beyond Setting

on forming a radical, subversive belonging in writing

Apr 13 •

Dragon Island Incantation

a field note poem from Sanday

Apr 8 •

Dragon Islands and Viking Hair

an April round up

Apr 2 •

March 2024

Kirkwall-Ready Looks

revisiting my love of street fashion

Mar 25 •

Alternatives to 'spoonie'?

In my last post, I asked if you considered yourself a spoonie [a person living with a chronic illness] and whether you preferred a different mon…

Mar 17 •

NAPPING ON THE FAINTING COUCH OF GIANTS

or, our very own rest cure

Mar 10 •

Haunted Days in a Poäng Rocking Chair

or, a March round up

Mar 3 •

EQUINOX WRITING HOUR

fostering online writing community

Mar 1 •

February 2024

Maps as Palimpsests & Grimoires

& a nexus of place writing

Feb 24 •

Ask Me Anything...

Ask me anything about writing, teaching, research for memoir or creative nonfiction, Substack, writing while disabled, etc. Also I’d love to hea…

Feb 16 •

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