The Brevity Blog

Brevity magazine has launched its 82nd issue of vivid, innovative flash nonfiction, featuring brief prose exploring diehard fandom, self-discovery, rising tides, and surprise encounters, essays that linger on the margins of poetry and prose...

By Tiffany Yates Martin

When I tell people that I started my career as an actor, I almost always get the same question: “How did you memorize all those lines?”

What I never get asked about is the trul...

By Micaela Edelson

In the era of globalization, travel is more accessible than ever and with it has come a boom in travel influencers and bloggers eager to highlight the next best off-the-radar destination. But how do we communi...

How Our Telling Shapes What the Past Becomes

By Jen Gippel

My son lives in Colorado and I live in Australia, so visits are rare and cherished. On my last trip to see him, we hiked a demanding three-day route through the Maroon ...

By Joy Imboden Overstreet

It’s difficult being an aspiring writer, who knows “I have a book in me,” and who also struggles with ADHD. At home, endless shiny objects distract me from the work. OMG—the news! Cat videos! What should ...