Hippocampus Magazine

Hippocampus Magazine is a digital publication dedicated to entertaining, educating, and connecting writers and readers interested in creative nonfiction. Every issue includes memoir snippets, personal essays, book reviews, interviews, and articles on writing techniques.

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INTERVIEW: Michelle Yang, Author of Phoenix Girl: How a Fat Asian with Bipolar Found Love

2 weeks ago | hippocampusmagazine.com | Donna Talarico

A staunch and highly vocal advocate for mental health awareness, Michelle Yang has made a name for herself in the national conversation about bipolar disorder. But her journey is also deeply influenced by her identity, and she creates conversation at the intersection of Asian American identity, feminism, and mental health like few others can. I was thrilled to talk to Michelle about her debut, Phoenix Girl: How a Fat Asian With Bipolar Found Love.
INTERVIEW: Elissa Altman, Author of Permission: The New Memoirist and the Courage to Create

2 weeks ago | hippocampusmagazine.com | Donna Talarico

Elissa Altman’s hybrid craft/hybrid memoir, Permission: The New Memoirist and the Courage to Create, is the book writers new to memoir have been waiting for, even if they don’t yet know it. Who owns a shared story and when is permission necessary are questions that can immobilize any memoirist, especially a writer just starting out, and I can’t think of anyone more suited to help writers find the courage to tell their stories than Elissa.
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2 weeks ago | hippocampusmagazine.com | Donna Talarico

In two days, I will be at the airport. I guarantee you, no one will be ‘dressed up’ like cohorts of Marty Ross-Dolen’s grandparents. They were executive leaders of the family business, Highlights for Children. Back then, in1960, it may have been pastel suits and scarves, tweed jackets, although they were more of the casual sort. Now, nearly seventy-five years later, the airport will be a different place. It will be black hoodies and Athleisure, crossbody bags, and cell phones.
CRAFT: Not Too Small to Matter: Using Form and Structure to Create Meaning by Sarah Fawn Montgomery

2 weeks ago | hippocampusmagazine.com | Donna Talarico

Growing up, I was often silenced when I tried to share my stories. The adults around me were too preoccupied with their own lives to pay attention to my fears or joys, to the imaginary worlds I crafted on my own or with my friends. Instead, I was told my tales were unimportant. I was told little girls should be seen and not heard. For a long time, I believed this. I believed my life was too small to be a story, which made me feel small in return. I thought this was normal.
REVIEW: A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy by Tia Levings

2 weeks ago | hippocampusmagazine.com | Donna Talarico

In August 2019, Andrea Mills—a homeschooling mother of nine and Christian YouTube creator—died of cancer at age 41. By the time she received her diagnosis, she died within days. Her husband, Tom Mills, vlogged every step: her time in the hospital, her transfer home, her final visit with their children.
REVIEW: What My Father and I Don’t Talk About, Edited by Michelle Filgate

2 weeks ago | hippocampusmagazine.com | Donna Talarico

Anthologies are an inherently risky business. In What My Father and I Don’t Talk About: 16 Writers Break the Silence (Simon & Schuster; May 2025), editor Michele Filgate builds on the success of her earlier project, What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About, and recruits fifteen other writers to join her in musing about our relationships with our fathers.
From the Archives: A Mother’s Day Round-Up — Creative Nonfiction About Moms by D. Nicholas Penglase | Hippocampus Magazine

1 month ago | hippocampusmagazine.com | Donna Talarico

For some, Mother’s Day is a time to get together and celebrate the person in our life who raised us, who gave us the emotional and physical support we needed, and who continues to inspire us. For others, the day is more complicated and can conjure up feelings of frustration, anger, grief, or even apathy. All of us have a story to tell about our mother. That story may be about a beautiful relationship that continues grow, while for others it may be a story entirely of absence.
We Love Short Shorts Contest for Flash Creative Nonfiction 2025 – Open for Subs Feb. 1-28 | Hippocampus Magazine

Jan 26, 2025 | hippocampusmagazine.com | Donna Talarico

In honor of the shortest month of the year which includes the loving-est day of the year, we’re holding our second annual We Love Short Contest for Flash Creative Nonfiction!Throughout the month of February, we’re inviting flash nonfiction writers to submit short essays (micro memoir) of up to 250 words; there is no theme. (View last year’s winner and runner-up here.)Our winner and two runners-up will be featured in a special We Love Short Shorts section of our March/April 2025 issue.
From the Archives: A New Year Round-up by D. Nicholas Penglase

Jan 22, 2025 | hippocampusmagazine.com | Donna Talarico

Change is the only certainty we have in life. Each new day brings with it some shift from the day that preceded it. We lose a job. We fall out of love. We move across the country. We find a new passion. We get a new work opportunity. We fall in love once more. Often, the pace of life is so quick, and the changes so constant, that we hardly have time to stop and reflect. But as we begin the new year, we are moved to contemplate these changes, and the changes we may want to make.
Alumni Updates: Fall/Winter 2024

Dec 30, 2024 | hippocampusmagazine.com | Donna Talarico

We’re always pleased to share updates from our family of contributor-alumni and HippoCamp presenters. Here’s what we’ve collected between our last update now; most of these were submitted via our form, but we also try to keep an eye for exciting news you share on social and your own newsletters. But we can’t catch everything, and we’d really LOVE to grow this feature, so please submit your news here for inclusion in a future update.