by Writing Workshops Staff
6 months ago
Workshop alum Yvonne Conza has new interview with Mona Simpson published in the latest issue of The Believer, which you can read here. It is a great conversation that you don't want to miss.
Some of the satisfactions of writing, according to Mona Simpson:
- Patterns that emerge on their own
- Plot turns that come to you in dreams
- Inevitable endings
Read the full interview here.
YVONNE CONZA is a writer in Miami. She has words in Longreads, The Believer, Michigan Quarterly Review, Catapult, Joyland Magazine, Pleiades Magazine, Blue Mesa Review, and other outlets. She is the assistant nonfiction editor for Pithead Chapel and coauthor of the user-friendly dog training guide Training for Both Ends of the Leash (Penguin). Find her on Instagram @yvonneconza.
Yvonne was part of Isaac Fitzgerald's 2023 Nonfiction Workshop in Iceland.
"I went to Iceland to work with Writing Workshop — it was there the secret to landing essays and interviews was shared. I swear by Writing Workshop, but as a past participant I am under strict confidentiality to not share what we were taught. One must attend for themselves and learn secret handshakes etc." -Y. Conza