Lara Lillibridge

Apr 3, 2024 | hippocampusmagazine.com | Lara Lillibridge

In Dispersals: On Plants, Borders, and Belonging, Jessica J. Lee explores the transitory nature of plants, their travels across the world, and their uses in different cultures. This ties into her own transitory life over the period in which she was writing the book. She examines the use of the word ‘weed’ and unravels our labelling of plants as native or non-native, by exploring the environmental history of plants like tea and mangos.

Mar 12, 2024 | hippocampusmagazine.com | Lara Lillibridge

Founded in 2010 by Peg Alford Pursell, Why There Are Words (WTAW) is an award-winning literary reading series that began in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2010 before it expanded to New York City, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Portland, Austin, New Orleans, and Asheville. In 2016, Peg launched WTAW Press, an independent nonprofit publisher of exceptional literary books, spring boarding off the tradition of the reading series.

Mar 8, 2024 | hippocampusmagazine.com | Lara Lillibridge

In 1988 at the age of 25, Mimi Zieman, a third-year medical student, joins an expedition team of four male climbers attempting a new route on the East Face of Mt. Everest, considered the most remote and dangerous side of the mountain and only successfully climbed once before. As the team’s doctor, she is responsible for the climbers’ nutritional preparation, physical training, preventing altitude sickness, and treating any medical emergency on the mountain.

Mar 4, 2024 | bookshop.org | Lara Lillibridge

"The Truth About Unringing Phones is an exploration of yearning, of guilt, of unfulfilled wishes, of regrets, past and present, but more than these things, it is a quiet prayer for peace in a tumultuous relationship between a daughter and her father. The main characters are complex, contradictory, and vulnerable in their alone-ness and connections to themselves and each other.

Feb 3, 2024 | hippocampusmagazine.com | Lara Lillibridge

[This double-feature is a collaboration between our interviews and reviews team.]My first introduction to Sue William Silverman came through a craft essay on the Brevity Blog on the two voices in creative nonfiction. I was so impressed with the article, I bought her first craft book, Fearless Confessions: A Writer’s Guide to Memoir, and began using it with my students.