No Place Like Home

Dorothy and Glenda the Good Witch from Wizard of Oz movie

At the end of the Wizard of Oz while Glenda the Good Witch waves her magic wand Dorothy clicks her ruby red slippers and chants these words: “There’s no place like home.” “There’s no place like home.” “There’s no place like home.” It’s a beautiful scene. It speaks to learning the lesson of appreciating home … Read more

Online in the Meantime: JENNIFER JORDÁN SCHALLER

Jennifer Jordan Schaller

Jennifer is a writer and teacher from New Mexico. Her memoir essays have appeared in journals including  Creative Nonfiction and Ascent (this essay was nominated for a Pushcart Prize), among others, and a story she worked on appeared on NPR’s This American Life. She is working on her first book, a memoir. Jennifer blogs about her writing process and the elongated, tortoise-like dip … Read more

Writing through Trauma, guest post by Chrystal O’Keefe

Woman with her back turned, looking pensively at a wooded scene, face reflected in glass

A few months ago when stay-at-home orders began all over the country, we started a Zoom support group for women and non-binary writers. It has been such an empowering experience and we have gotten to know some truly amazing people from all over the country in such a short span of time. One of those … Read more

An Interview with Christina Socorro Yovovich

Christina Yovoitch outside

Christina Socorro Yovovich is a writer I met in the MFA program at The University of New Mexico. We took a creative nonfiction workshop together, and I was so moved by her writing and by the way she was able to talk about her life so openly. She was also one of those multi-talented writers … Read more

Back to the future with Amy Wallen

So far 2020 has been … I don’t even know. We started our 2nd year with all kinds of ideas for the future then a pandemic that has thrown our whole Plume plans into… we don’t know. We do know we’re still focusing on our mission, which may now be more important than ever, to … Read more