Lincoln author tells the stories of real people through fiction

Sharing the stories of people from history through fiction has been at the heart of many of Bryant’s books, including her latest novel, “Sheltering Angel of Belleau Wood.”

Submit to Zig Zag Lit Mag’s Issue.20

Submit to Zig Zag Lit Mag by Jan. 5, 2026 for consideration in Issue.20.

Outdoor writer teaches outdoor writing outdoors

Matthew Dickerson reflects on “Writing Rivers,” a class he teaches that gets first-year Middlebury College students outside.

Five decades of beekeeping fills the pages of New Haven man’s memoir

Kirk Webster’s new memoir, “Many Best Kept Secrets: A Wonderful and Unusual Life Around Honey Bees,” grapples with what farming really is.

Wells chronicles ‘a life well lived’ in new memoir

If life is a highway, then Tom Wells has had quite the 73-year adventure on the open road.

Bread Loaf lecture explores early English riddles and metaphor

“Through metaphor, we begin to understand the vastness of the world.”