Brandon Arvesen
@brandonarvesen.bsky.social
Creative Nonfiction Writer / Writing Professor at Colby-Sawyer College. Editor in Chief of www.3centsMagazine.com & Managing Editor at TrueMag.org
New annotated interview with Jeannie Vanasco on her new book "A Silent Treatment." We talk memoir, writing from within the experience, and how to keep the mess without messing with the reader.
Writing From Within the Experience: An Annotated Interview with Jeannie Vanasco
Jeannie Vanasco is no stranger to writing her way through the hardest of material. Her debut memoir, The Glass Eye (Tin House, 2017), was a testament to the larger-than-life heroic figure of her de…
truemag.org
September 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
New annotated interview with Jeannie Vanasco on her new book "A Silent Treatment." We talk memoir, writing from within the experience, and how to keep the mess without messing with the reader.
Hey all, truemag.org is open for submissions! More info here: proximity.submittable.com/submit
Please share with your #CNF #writers
Please share with your #CNF #writers
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weekly conversations around telling true stories
truemag.org
August 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Hey all, truemag.org is open for submissions! More info here: proximity.submittable.com/submit
Please share with your #CNF #writers
Please share with your #CNF #writers
Loving my morning with @hippocampusmag.bsky.social filling my house with fresh bread smell while @aurorabonner.bsky.social gives rad tips on writing place in CNF.
August 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Loving my morning with @hippocampusmag.bsky.social filling my house with fresh bread smell while @aurorabonner.bsky.social gives rad tips on writing place in CNF.
We had over 450 submissions for issue 8. Every piece took the idea of "body" to unexpected and engaging places. Issue 8's authors remind us that while we all have bodies, we often ignore the relationships those bodies have with us.
www.3centsmagazine.com/issue/body
www.3centsmagazine.com/issue/body
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March 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Reposted by Brandon Arvesen
"Now when Twitter comes back to me, it comes in hallucinatory flashes. I remember sitting on a lot of couches with a slight headache at five o’clock in the morning, wondering WTF happened and how I could possibly still be scrolling."
Goodbye to All That: A Writer on Leaving Twitter
“Elon Musk has announced a general amnesty for suspended Twitter accounts in a move that brought a warning that ‘superspreaders of hate’ will retu...
buff.ly
December 4, 2024 at 3:33 AM
"Now when Twitter comes back to me, it comes in hallucinatory flashes. I remember sitting on a lot of couches with a slight headache at five o’clock in the morning, wondering WTF happened and how I could possibly still be scrolling."
Reposted by Brandon Arvesen
OnThisDay in 1961, a white mob attacked Freedom Riders integrating an “all-white” waiting room at bus station in McComb MS, yelling, “Kill ‘em! Kill ‘em!”
Afterward, the mayor said segregation would no longer be enforced in waiting rooms.
mississippitoday.org/2024/11/29/o...
Afterward, the mayor said segregation would no longer be enforced in waiting rooms.
mississippitoday.org/2024/11/29/o...
On this day in 1961
On this day in 1961, a white mob attacked Freedom Riders trying to integrate the Greyhound white waiting room in McComb.
mississippitoday.org
November 29, 2024 at 1:37 PM
OnThisDay in 1961, a white mob attacked Freedom Riders integrating an “all-white” waiting room at bus station in McComb MS, yelling, “Kill ‘em! Kill ‘em!”
Afterward, the mayor said segregation would no longer be enforced in waiting rooms.
mississippitoday.org/2024/11/29/o...
Afterward, the mayor said segregation would no longer be enforced in waiting rooms.
mississippitoday.org/2024/11/29/o...
I need multiple litmags to report in on whether they’re finding BlueSky is getting similar engagement to literary twitter. I *really* want to get 3cents off twitter so I never need to see it again..
November 27, 2024 at 6:24 PM
I need multiple litmags to report in on whether they’re finding BlueSky is getting similar engagement to literary twitter. I *really* want to get 3cents off twitter so I never need to see it again..
Writing a book proposal feels like online dating. Be engaging, but don’t come on too strong. Show you have a creative side, but also be serious. Show you’re well read, but don’t name drop really “important” books. Most importantly, don’t ever hint that you just want someone to love you.
November 25, 2024 at 9:33 PM
Writing a book proposal feels like online dating. Be engaging, but don’t come on too strong. Show you have a creative side, but also be serious. Show you’re well read, but don’t name drop really “important” books. Most importantly, don’t ever hint that you just want someone to love you.
I’m posting into the void hoping to find my people. If you’re a writer, an editor, a publisher, or a litmag—me too! I wanna know all about your stuff.
a cartoon of a robot saying `` follow me '' while standing in front of a mountain .
ALT: a cartoon of a robot saying `` follow me '' while standing in front of a mountain .
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November 19, 2024 at 12:13 AM
I’m posting into the void hoping to find my people. If you’re a writer, an editor, a publisher, or a litmag—me too! I wanna know all about your stuff.
Let’s give this a shot. I’m Brandon. I’m a CNF writer, developmental editor, writing professor, founder of www.3centsMagazine.com & a managing editor at TrueMag.org. Would love to see literary twitter migrate somewhere new, so hit me up if you’re here for that too.
November 17, 2024 at 1:22 PM
Let’s give this a shot. I’m Brandon. I’m a CNF writer, developmental editor, writing professor, founder of www.3centsMagazine.com & a managing editor at TrueMag.org. Would love to see literary twitter migrate somewhere new, so hit me up if you’re here for that too.