Hippocampus Magazine & Books
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Online creative nonfiction magazine est. 2010: memoir essays, flash cnf, articles, reviews, interviews + books, events, conference & community. Posts by Donna.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
We're thankful for YOU. Today, and every day.
Explore the Archives! Since 2011, Hippocampus Magazine has published more than 140 issues full of essays, articles, and more. Like a good rerun, there's lots to enjoy again or enjoy for the first time. Browse all back issues here: https://hippocampusmagazine.com/past-issues-archive/
November 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Explore the Archives! Since 2011, Hippocampus Magazine has published more than 140 issues full of essays, articles, and more. Like a good rerun, there's lots to enjoy again or enjoy for the first time. Browse all back issues here: https://hippocampusmagazine.com/past-issues-archive/
Explore the Archives! Since 2011, Hippocampus Magazine has published more than 140 issues full of essays, articles, and more. Like a good rerun, there's lots to enjoy again or enjoy for the first time. Browse all back issues here: https://hippocampusmagazine.com/past-issues-archive/
October 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Explore the Archives! Since 2011, Hippocampus Magazine has published more than 140 issues full of essays, articles, and more. Like a good rerun, there's lots to enjoy again or enjoy for the first time. Browse all back issues here: https://hippocampusmagazine.com/past-issues-archive/
Explore the Archives! Since 2011, Hippocampus Magazine has published more than 140 issues full of essays, articles, and more. Like a good rerun, there's lots to enjoy again or enjoy for the first time. Browse all back issues here: https://hippocampusmagazine.com/past-issues-archive/
October 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Explore the Archives! Since 2011, Hippocampus Magazine has published more than 140 issues full of essays, articles, and more. Like a good rerun, there's lots to enjoy again or enjoy for the first time. Browse all back issues here: https://hippocampusmagazine.com/past-issues-archive/
NEW BOOK REVIEW: Marissa Gallerani reviews Queer Devotion: Spirituality Beyond the Binary in Myth, Story, and Practice by Charlie Claire B... https://hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/09/review-queer-devotion-spirituality-beyond-the-binary-in-myth-story-and-practice-by-charlie-claire-burgess/ #BookReview
October 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEW BOOK REVIEW: Marissa Gallerani reviews Queer Devotion: Spirituality Beyond the Binary in Myth, Story, and Practice by Charlie Claire B... https://hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/09/review-queer-devotion-spirituality-beyond-the-binary-in-myth-story-and-practice-by-charlie-claire-burgess/ #BookReview
"Johnny told me he never saw the gun. He didn't know what hit him, people say. Johnny really didn't." – from "Pistol Whipped" by Aimee Seiff Christian. Read it here:
https://hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/09/pistol-whipped-by-aimee-seiff-christian/
https://hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/09/pistol-whipped-by-aimee-seiff-christian/
September 30, 2025 at 11:37 PM
"Johnny told me he never saw the gun. He didn't know what hit him, people say. Johnny really didn't." – from "Pistol Whipped" by Aimee Seiff Christian. Read it here:
https://hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/09/pistol-whipped-by-aimee-seiff-christian/
https://hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/09/pistol-whipped-by-aimee-seiff-christian/
Explore the Archives! Since 2011, Hippocampus Magazine has published more than 140 issues full of essays, articles, and more. Like a good rerun, there's lots to enjoy again or enjoy for the first time. Browse all back issues here: https://hippocampusmagazine.com/past-issues-archive/
September 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Explore the Archives! Since 2011, Hippocampus Magazine has published more than 140 issues full of essays, articles, and more. Like a good rerun, there's lots to enjoy again or enjoy for the first time. Browse all back issues here: https://hippocampusmagazine.com/past-issues-archive/
Explore the Archives! Since 2011, Hippocampus Magazine has published more than 140 issues full of essays, articles, and more. Like a good rerun, there's lots to enjoy again or enjoy for the first time. Browse all back issues here: https://hippocampusmagazine.com/past-issues-archive/
September 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Explore the Archives! Since 2011, Hippocampus Magazine has published more than 140 issues full of essays, articles, and more. Like a good rerun, there's lots to enjoy again or enjoy for the first time. Browse all back issues here: https://hippocampusmagazine.com/past-issues-archive/
Our next bimonthly issue hits "shelves" this week! Be on the lookout for new essays, flash CNF, reviews, interviews, and columns soon! Until then, there's much to explore in our current edition and the archives!
September 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Our next bimonthly issue hits "shelves" this week! Be on the lookout for new essays, flash CNF, reviews, interviews, and columns soon! Until then, there's much to explore in our current edition and the archives!
"My dad and I were a good match: he wanted to tell the stories and I wanted to listen." – Julie Brill, author of Hidden in Plain Sight, interviewed by Diane Gottlieb in our July-Aug edition: https://hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/08/interview-julie-brill-author-of-hidden-in-plain/
August 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
"My dad and I were a good match: he wanted to tell the stories and I wanted to listen." – Julie Brill, author of Hidden in Plain Sight, interviewed by Diane Gottlieb in our July-Aug edition: https://hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/08/interview-julie-brill-author-of-hidden-in-plain/
Explore the Archives! Since 2011, Hippocampus Magazine has published more than 140 issues full of essays, articles, and more. Like a good rerun, there's lots to enjoy again or enjoy for the first time. Browse all back issues here: https://hippocampusmagazine.com/past-issues-archive/
August 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Explore the Archives! Since 2011, Hippocampus Magazine has published more than 140 issues full of essays, articles, and more. Like a good rerun, there's lots to enjoy again or enjoy for the first time. Browse all back issues here: https://hippocampusmagazine.com/past-issues-archive/
SPEAKER HIGHLIGHT: Casey Mulligan Walsh is the author of THE FULL CATASTROPHE: ALL I EVER WANTED, EVERYTHING I FEARED.
Hear her story at A Night of Nonfiction! Sat. 8/16 at 6 pm ET, part of our overall HippoCamp Online Weekend. See full lineup: www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp25/
Hear her story at A Night of Nonfiction! Sat. 8/16 at 6 pm ET, part of our overall HippoCamp Online Weekend. See full lineup: www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp25/
August 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
SPEAKER HIGHLIGHT: Casey Mulligan Walsh is the author of THE FULL CATASTROPHE: ALL I EVER WANTED, EVERYTHING I FEARED.
Hear her story at A Night of Nonfiction! Sat. 8/16 at 6 pm ET, part of our overall HippoCamp Online Weekend. See full lineup: www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp25/
Hear her story at A Night of Nonfiction! Sat. 8/16 at 6 pm ET, part of our overall HippoCamp Online Weekend. See full lineup: www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp25/
SPEAKER HIGHLIGHT: Brendan O'Meara, host of the CNF Podcast & author of THE FRONT RUNNER: THE LIFE OF STEVE PREFONTAINE, is the featured author at A Night of Nonfiction! Saturday 8/16 at 6 pm ET. See the full line-up: www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp25/
August 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
SPEAKER HIGHLIGHT: Brendan O'Meara, host of the CNF Podcast & author of THE FRONT RUNNER: THE LIFE OF STEVE PREFONTAINE, is the featured author at A Night of Nonfiction! Saturday 8/16 at 6 pm ET. See the full line-up: www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp25/
One week to go. Still time to sign up or add an additional event!
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August 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
One week to go. Still time to sign up or add an additional event!
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View all event info: hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp25/
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View all event info: hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp25/
ICYMI: Our two event series How-To Tuesdays & Stories on Sunday are back for 2025! Check out our full list of upcoming events here: https://hippocampusmagazine.com/events/
August 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
ICYMI: Our two event series How-To Tuesdays & Stories on Sunday are back for 2025! Check out our full list of upcoming events here: https://hippocampusmagazine.com/events/
SPEAKER HIGHLIGHT: Annamaria Formichella is the winner of our 2025 Short Shorts Contest and will give the opening reading for our Night of Nonfiction! Sat. 8/16 at 6 pm ET, part of our overall HippoCamp Online Weekend. Event info: www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp25/
August 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
SPEAKER HIGHLIGHT: Annamaria Formichella is the winner of our 2025 Short Shorts Contest and will give the opening reading for our Night of Nonfiction! Sat. 8/16 at 6 pm ET, part of our overall HippoCamp Online Weekend. Event info: www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp25/
SPEAKER HIGHLIGHT: Hyeseung Song is the author of DOCILE: MEMOIRS OF A NOT-SO-PERFECT ASIAN GIRL. Hear her story at A Night of Nonfiction! Saturday 8/16 at 6 pm ET. See the full lineup and register today! www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp25/
August 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
SPEAKER HIGHLIGHT: Hyeseung Song is the author of DOCILE: MEMOIRS OF A NOT-SO-PERFECT ASIAN GIRL. Hear her story at A Night of Nonfiction! Saturday 8/16 at 6 pm ET. See the full lineup and register today! www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp25/
SESSION PREVIEW: How can writing from the heart help us transform our grief into art? Join Melanie Brooks, Eileen Vorbach Collins & Lisa Cooper Ellison Sun. 8/17 at 2 pm ET. Attendance is limited so register today! www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp25/
August 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
SESSION PREVIEW: How can writing from the heart help us transform our grief into art? Join Melanie Brooks, Eileen Vorbach Collins & Lisa Cooper Ellison Sun. 8/17 at 2 pm ET. Attendance is limited so register today! www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp25/
SESSION PREVIEW: Can experimenting with comics and graphic memoir help you get unstuck? Join artist Cara Gormally on Sunday 8/17 at 2 pm ET to find out! Attendance is limited so register today! www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp25/
August 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
SESSION PREVIEW: Can experimenting with comics and graphic memoir help you get unstuck? Join artist Cara Gormally on Sunday 8/17 at 2 pm ET to find out! Attendance is limited so register today! www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp25/
SPEAKER HIGHLIGHT: Tia Levings is the author of the NYT Bestseller A WELL TRAINED-WIFE: MY ESCAPE FROM CHRISTIAN PATRIARCHY. Hear her story at A Night of Nonfiction! Saturday 8/16 at 6 pm ET. See the full lineup and register today! www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp25/
August 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
SPEAKER HIGHLIGHT: Tia Levings is the author of the NYT Bestseller A WELL TRAINED-WIFE: MY ESCAPE FROM CHRISTIAN PATRIARCHY. Hear her story at A Night of Nonfiction! Saturday 8/16 at 6 pm ET. See the full lineup and register today! www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp25/
SPEAKER HIGHLIGHT: Brendan O'Meara, host of the CNF Podcast & author of THE FRONT RUNNER: THE LIFE OF STEVE PREFONTAINE, is the featured author at A Night of Nonfiction! Saturday 8/16 at 6 pm ET. See the full line-up: www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp25/
August 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
SPEAKER HIGHLIGHT: Brendan O'Meara, host of the CNF Podcast & author of THE FRONT RUNNER: THE LIFE OF STEVE PREFONTAINE, is the featured author at A Night of Nonfiction! Saturday 8/16 at 6 pm ET. See the full line-up: www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp25/
SESSION PREVIEW: Can learning about improv take your writing to a whole new level? Join improviser, coach, and artist Carrie Spaulding on Sat. 8/16 at 2 pm ET for Improvisation for Writers! Attendance is limited so register today! www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp25/
August 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
SESSION PREVIEW: Can learning about improv take your writing to a whole new level? Join improviser, coach, and artist Carrie Spaulding on Sat. 8/16 at 2 pm ET for Improvisation for Writers! Attendance is limited so register today! www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp25/
SPEAKER HIGHLIGHT: Theresa Okokon is the author of WHO I ALWAYS WAS: A MEMOIR. Hear her story at A Night of Nonfiction! Saturday 8/16 at 6 pm ET, part of our overall HippoCamp Online Weekend. See the full lineup ®ister here: www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp25/
August 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
SPEAKER HIGHLIGHT: Theresa Okokon is the author of WHO I ALWAYS WAS: A MEMOIR. Hear her story at A Night of Nonfiction! Saturday 8/16 at 6 pm ET, part of our overall HippoCamp Online Weekend. See the full lineup ®ister here: www.hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp25/
5 topics, 10 minutes each! Check out our HippoCamp Minis: Craft Edition! From point of view to feedback and interviewing, you'll get a lot out of these little flashes. Sat. 8/16 at 11 am EST. Get more details or register here: https://hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp25/
August 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
5 topics, 10 minutes each! Check out our HippoCamp Minis: Craft Edition! From point of view to feedback and interviewing, you'll get a lot out of these little flashes. Sat. 8/16 at 11 am EST. Get more details or register here: https://hippocampusmagazine.com/hippocamp25/
Explore the Archives! Since 2011, Hippocampus Magazine has published more than 140 issues full of essays, articles, and more. Like a good rerun, there's lots to enjoy again or enjoy for the first time. Browse all back issues here: https://hippocampusmagazine.com/past-issues-archive/
August 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Explore the Archives! Since 2011, Hippocampus Magazine has published more than 140 issues full of essays, articles, and more. Like a good rerun, there's lots to enjoy again or enjoy for the first time. Browse all back issues here: https://hippocampusmagazine.com/past-issues-archive/