Abby Manzella
@abbymanzella.bsky.social
Writer, book critic, prof. MIGRATING FICTIONS (Ohio State UP 2018). RIPPLES INTO THE WILD (Cornerstone Press 2027). Pushcart Prize winner. Writing at Threepenny Review, LitHub, Mass Review, Pleiades, and HAD. https://abbymanzella.weebly.com/
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When the Tearing Comes, If It Comes - The Forge Literary Magazine
flash nonfiction by Abby Manzella
forgelitmag.com
This fragmented [perhaps prismatic] essay means a lot to me. Thanks to @theforge.bsky.social & @saracrowley.bsky.social for selecting it as a finalist for their flash cnf competition. "I turn my head like I’m missing something. I feel that I am always missing something." shorturl.at/QlCau
Nonfiction writers, what journals are you reading and where are you sending your most lyric essays? I'm looking for those places that are interested in experimentation and the poetic.
November 1, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Nonfiction writers, what journals are you reading and where are you sending your most lyric essays? I'm looking for those places that are interested in experimentation and the poetic.
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We’re proud to share that essays by Christina Sharpe and Namwali Serpell from The Yale Review are included in The Best American Essays 2025, edited by Jia Tolentino.
October 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
We’re proud to share that essays by Christina Sharpe and Namwali Serpell from The Yale Review are included in The Best American Essays 2025, edited by Jia Tolentino.
I’m happy to announce that I have been awarded a fellowship to stay at Porches Writing Retreat to work on my nonfiction! I’m looking forward to getting back to Virginia for a little bit in 2026!
September 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I’m happy to announce that I have been awarded a fellowship to stay at Porches Writing Retreat to work on my nonfiction! I’m looking forward to getting back to Virginia for a little bit in 2026!
What are some great historical short stories you'd recommend? (Meaning that they are in the subgenre of historical fiction, not old). I'm hoping to bring some recent pieces into a new class I'm building, and they need to be stories not novels. Particularly interest in any fun craft elements.
September 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
What are some great historical short stories you'd recommend? (Meaning that they are in the subgenre of historical fiction, not old). I'm hoping to bring some recent pieces into a new class I'm building, and they need to be stories not novels. Particularly interest in any fun craft elements.
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In “In Search of Delight at the Art Museum: A Writing Exercise with Pen in Hand” Manzella invites students to claim space, both mental and physical, by exploring “delight” through a hands-on exercise in a campus art museum using pen and paper.
Read it here: buff.ly/fz5OjQP
#Pedagogy#SchoolResource
Read it here: buff.ly/fz5OjQP
#Pedagogy#SchoolResource
August 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
In “In Search of Delight at the Art Museum: A Writing Exercise with Pen in Hand” Manzella invites students to claim space, both mental and physical, by exploring “delight” through a hands-on exercise in a campus art museum using pen and paper.
Read it here: buff.ly/fz5OjQP
#Pedagogy#SchoolResource
Read it here: buff.ly/fz5OjQP
#Pedagogy#SchoolResource
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NBCC member Abby Manzella wrote an essay with an interview of Karen Babine's "The Allure of Elsewhere: A Memoir of Going Solo" at CRAFT:
Hybrid Interview: Karen Babine - CRAFT
Essay by Abby Manzella • In Karen Babine’s latest memoir, The Allure of Elsewhere: A Memoir of Going Solo (Milkweed 2025), the author preps her Scamp camper and drives from her home in Minnesota to…
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August 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
NBCC member Abby Manzella wrote an essay with an interview of Karen Babine's "The Allure of Elsewhere: A Memoir of Going Solo" at CRAFT:
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Thrilled that my conversation with the amazing Abby Manzella about The Allure of Elsewhere for CRAFT is out now!
www.craftliterary.com/2025/07/30/h...
www.craftliterary.com/2025/07/30/h...
Hybrid Interview: Karen Babine - CRAFT
Essay by Abby Manzella • In Karen Babine’s latest memoir, The Allure of Elsewhere: A Memoir of Going Solo (Milkweed 2025), the author preps her Scamp camper and drives from her home in Minnesota to th...
www.craftliterary.com
July 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Thrilled that my conversation with the amazing Abby Manzella about The Allure of Elsewhere for CRAFT is out now!
www.craftliterary.com/2025/07/30/h...
www.craftliterary.com/2025/07/30/h...
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It was gratifying to talk to @karenbabine.bsky.social about her new memoir THE ALLURE OF ELSEWHERE. Check it out! shorturl.at/0rvdX For this book she thought about "history, and stories, and landscape and at what point the California Babines just stopped telling stories of who they were..."
Hybrid Interview: Karen Babine - CRAFT
Essay by Abby Manzella • In Karen Babine’s latest memoir, The Allure of Elsewhere: A Memoir of Going Solo (Milkweed 2025), the author preps her Scamp camper and drives from her home in Minnesota to th...
www.craftliterary.com
July 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
It was gratifying to talk to @karenbabine.bsky.social about her new memoir THE ALLURE OF ELSEWHERE. Check it out! shorturl.at/0rvdX For this book she thought about "history, and stories, and landscape and at what point the California Babines just stopped telling stories of who they were..."
It was gratifying to talk to @karenbabine.bsky.social about her new memoir THE ALLURE OF ELSEWHERE. Check it out! shorturl.at/0rvdX For this book she thought about "history, and stories, and landscape and at what point the California Babines just stopped telling stories of who they were..."
Hybrid Interview: Karen Babine - CRAFT
Essay by Abby Manzella • In Karen Babine’s latest memoir, The Allure of Elsewhere: A Memoir of Going Solo (Milkweed 2025), the author preps her Scamp camper and drives from her home in Minnesota to th...
www.craftliterary.com
July 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
It was gratifying to talk to @karenbabine.bsky.social about her new memoir THE ALLURE OF ELSEWHERE. Check it out! shorturl.at/0rvdX For this book she thought about "history, and stories, and landscape and at what point the California Babines just stopped telling stories of who they were..."
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What current book publishers seem to like essays that are paired with a photo? Big or small publishers welcome.
July 16, 2025 at 9:44 PM
What current book publishers seem to like essays that are paired with a photo? Big or small publishers welcome.
What current book publishers seem to like essays that are paired with a photo? Big or small publishers welcome.
July 16, 2025 at 9:44 PM
What current book publishers seem to like essays that are paired with a photo? Big or small publishers welcome.
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And we're live! Our first reader is @abbymanzella.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
And we're live! Our first reader is @abbymanzella.bsky.social
I'll be reading here in less than an hour!
Online open-mic lit extravaganza with @saloneurope.bsky.social at 7pm ECT if there are any last-minute folk knocking around these parts. Oh and there’s a quiz on road signs, so, you know. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/european-w...
a cat is holding a microphone in its mouth and singing into it .
ALT: a cat is holding a microphone in its mouth and singing into it .
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July 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I'll be reading here in less than an hour!
It's the perfect day for homemade strawberry jam on scones made for the pairing!
July 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It's the perfect day for homemade strawberry jam on scones made for the pairing!
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During World War II, the U.S. government disappeared more than a quarter-million Japanese immigrants and Japanese Americans under the Alien Enemies Act. Now, Trump is reviving the law. @brandonshimoda.bsky.social reflects on the horror of history repeating.
Alien Enemies | Brandon Shimoda
The torturers have been revising, the gestapos have been busy, and the prisons have been full for generations.
thebaffler.com
July 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
During World War II, the U.S. government disappeared more than a quarter-million Japanese immigrants and Japanese Americans under the Alien Enemies Act. Now, Trump is reviving the law. @brandonshimoda.bsky.social reflects on the horror of history repeating.
I'm happy to announce that my short story collection, RIPPLES INTO THE WILD, will be published by Cornerstone Press (2/27)! These stories engage with realism, surrealism, and cli-fi. If you're an author with a nearby pub date or a pressmate, be in touch so we can plan events. The fun begins!!!
June 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I'm happy to announce that my short story collection, RIPPLES INTO THE WILD, will be published by Cornerstone Press (2/27)! These stories engage with realism, surrealism, and cli-fi. If you're an author with a nearby pub date or a pressmate, be in touch so we can plan events. The fun begins!!!
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@mooncitypress.bsky.social '24 Short Fiction finalists
@sudhab.bsky.social
@patriciaqbidar.bsky.social
Famous Chukwuemeka
@elissafield.bsky.social
Carrie Grinstead
@joelhans.bsky.social
@abbymanzella.bsky.social
@magicmikewrites.bsky.social
Matthew Purdy
@jenn-rossmann.bsky.social
Zachary Vickers
@sudhab.bsky.social
@patriciaqbidar.bsky.social
Famous Chukwuemeka
@elissafield.bsky.social
Carrie Grinstead
@joelhans.bsky.social
@abbymanzella.bsky.social
@magicmikewrites.bsky.social
Matthew Purdy
@jenn-rossmann.bsky.social
Zachary Vickers
May 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
@mooncitypress.bsky.social '24 Short Fiction finalists
@sudhab.bsky.social
@patriciaqbidar.bsky.social
Famous Chukwuemeka
@elissafield.bsky.social
Carrie Grinstead
@joelhans.bsky.social
@abbymanzella.bsky.social
@magicmikewrites.bsky.social
Matthew Purdy
@jenn-rossmann.bsky.social
Zachary Vickers
@sudhab.bsky.social
@patriciaqbidar.bsky.social
Famous Chukwuemeka
@elissafield.bsky.social
Carrie Grinstead
@joelhans.bsky.social
@abbymanzella.bsky.social
@magicmikewrites.bsky.social
Matthew Purdy
@jenn-rossmann.bsky.social
Zachary Vickers
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It's back! 🎤 📣🎤
Bookings now open for our next online salon hosted by @kiklodge.bsky.social
🎙 Excellent readings
❓️ Highly serious quiz
🤝 Friendly community
Get in touch quickly if you want to read. Spots v limited.
Theme = Road Signs.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/european-w...
Bookings now open for our next online salon hosted by @kiklodge.bsky.social
🎙 Excellent readings
❓️ Highly serious quiz
🤝 Friendly community
Get in touch quickly if you want to read. Spots v limited.
Theme = Road Signs.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/european-w...
April 26, 2025 at 10:58 AM
It's back! 🎤 📣🎤
Bookings now open for our next online salon hosted by @kiklodge.bsky.social
🎙 Excellent readings
❓️ Highly serious quiz
🤝 Friendly community
Get in touch quickly if you want to read. Spots v limited.
Theme = Road Signs.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/european-w...
Bookings now open for our next online salon hosted by @kiklodge.bsky.social
🎙 Excellent readings
❓️ Highly serious quiz
🤝 Friendly community
Get in touch quickly if you want to read. Spots v limited.
Theme = Road Signs.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/european-w...
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Aisha Abdel Gawad, Crystal Hana Kim, Alice Driver, and Jenny Molberg at the Unbound Book Festival. Literature and commentary rule this weekend in Missouri!
April 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Aisha Abdel Gawad, Crystal Hana Kim, Alice Driver, and Jenny Molberg at the Unbound Book Festival. Literature and commentary rule this weekend in Missouri!
Aisha Abdel Gawad, Crystal Hana Kim, Alice Driver, and Jenny Molberg at the Unbound Book Festival. Literature and commentary rule this weekend in Missouri!
April 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Aisha Abdel Gawad, Crystal Hana Kim, Alice Driver, and Jenny Molberg at the Unbound Book Festival. Literature and commentary rule this weekend in Missouri!
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The Lion Rock Visiting Writers Series is excited to host Jesse Lee Kercheval virtually at CWU on Thursday, April 10th, which will take place on Zoom. Craft Talk about how she started drawing then, she'll read from her fantastic graphic novel, French Girl.
Thursday, April 10th, 2025
5-6:00pm PST
Thursday, April 10th, 2025
5-6:00pm PST
April 4, 2025 at 12:39 AM
The Lion Rock Visiting Writers Series is excited to host Jesse Lee Kercheval virtually at CWU on Thursday, April 10th, which will take place on Zoom. Craft Talk about how she started drawing then, she'll read from her fantastic graphic novel, French Girl.
Thursday, April 10th, 2025
5-6:00pm PST
Thursday, April 10th, 2025
5-6:00pm PST
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The winner of the John Leonard Prize, given to an outstanding first book in any genre, is “Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir” by Tessa Hulls! #NBCCAwards @fsgbooks.bsky.social
March 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The winner of the John Leonard Prize, given to an outstanding first book in any genre, is “Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir” by Tessa Hulls! #NBCCAwards @fsgbooks.bsky.social
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The Army just deleted without explanation its page about the 442nd “GO FOR BROKE” infantry regiment—the Japanese American WW2 unit that is the most decorated in US military history.
Archive is here:
web.archive.org/web/20250304...
Page was here:
www.army.mil/asianpacific...
Disgusting.
Archive is here:
web.archive.org/web/20250304...
Page was here:
www.army.mil/asianpacific...
Disgusting.
Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders | The United States Army
U.S. Army Heritage Asian American & Pacific Islander Microsite | The United States Army
web.archive.org
March 14, 2025 at 3:03 AM
The Army just deleted without explanation its page about the 442nd “GO FOR BROKE” infantry regiment—the Japanese American WW2 unit that is the most decorated in US military history.
Archive is here:
web.archive.org/web/20250304...
Page was here:
www.army.mil/asianpacific...
Disgusting.
Archive is here:
web.archive.org/web/20250304...
Page was here:
www.army.mil/asianpacific...
Disgusting.
What are your favorite contemporary outward-facing creative essays? Those nonfiction pieces that take on creative craft, research, and may acknowledge the "I" but are interested in issues beyond the self. Elena Passarello's work is a great example, but what else would you add? Links appreciated!
March 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
What are your favorite contemporary outward-facing creative essays? Those nonfiction pieces that take on creative craft, research, and may acknowledge the "I" but are interested in issues beyond the self. Elena Passarello's work is a great example, but what else would you add? Links appreciated!