Author Archive: Bonnie Carlson
Whose Stories Can We Tell? Bonnie E. Carlson
Recent conversations with two editors about stories I wrote got me thinking deeply about this issue: Whose stories can we (legitimately) tell? This issue exploded recently with the publication of American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins. It’s been debated on TV, in the Twitterverse and in other forums. Must we be a member of a group […]
Writing About Addiction and Recovery Bonnie E. Carlson
I didn’t start out with the intention of becoming someone who writes about alcoholism and addiction. Or maybe I did. This essay contributes to the body of work on writing about difficult things (see “Why and How I Write Novels about Tough Subjects” by Ellen Marie Wiseman on this site) such as mental illness (e.g., […]
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