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Rebecca Renner
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Rebecca Renner
  • About Me
    • FAQ
    • Contact
  • Books
  • Nonfiction
    • Recent Work
  • Fiction
  • Newsletter

Nonfiction

  • Electric Literature, “My Old Man and the Sea,” December 2017
  • New York Magazine’s Science of Us, “Dating Long-Distance Means Learning a New Way to Fight,” 2017
  • Washington Post – “The deadliest period of a hurricane? After it’s over,” 2017
    • Charleston Post and Courier – “Hurricane recovery can be more deadly than the storm,” 2017
    • Spartanburg Herald Journal – “Deadliest period of hurricane can be its aftermath”
  • Catapult Story – “Teaching in Trumpland,” 2017
  • Electric Literature – Coming Soon! (December 2017)
  • Narratively – “Scott McLeod Missed His Chance to Go to the Moon, but He Landed the Love of His Life,” 2017
  • Book Riot:
    • “5 Tips to Help You Reach Your Reading Challenge Goal This Year,” 2017
    • “How to Become an Audiobook Narrator,” 2017
    • “30 Books by Florida Authors Affected by Hurricane Irma,” 2017
    • “How to Start a Book Club that Doesn’t Suck,” 2017
    • “An Open Letter to People Who Don’t Think They Need to Read Diversely,” 2017
    • “Literary Tourism: Orlando, Florida,” 2017
    • “Environmental Fiction: A Reading List to Save the World,” 2017
    • “10 Hilarious Fiction Audiobooks for Your Summer Road Trip,” 2017
    • “10 Hilarious Nonfiction Audiobooks to Power Your Summer Road Trip,” 2017
    • “Denis Johnson Died at 67: Eulogy for an Inspiration,” 2017
    • “Thank an English Teacher,” 2017
    • “Non-Fluffy Beach Reads to Get You Ready for Summer,” 2017
  • Burrow Press:
    • “DeLand Fall Festival of the Arts,” December 2017
  • Dewey’s 24-Hour Readathon:
    • “Warm up: Short Reading Recommendations,” 2017
  • Obra/Artifact:
    • “Fahrenheit 2017,” 2017
    • “Implications: On Writing Mental Illness or Why Representation Matters,” 2016
    • “Lines of Sight,” 2016
  • Book Reviews:
    • Southern Humanities Review
      • Sing, Unburied, Sing – November 2017
    • The Most Dangerous Place on Earth by Lindsey Lee Johnson
    • The Vegetarian by Han Kang
    • Gilded Cage by Vic James
    • Rabbit Cake by Annie Hartnett
    • Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood
    • Cruel Beautiful World by Caroline Leavitt
    • The Ballroom by Anna Hope
    • All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood
    • Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
      Writing Guides
    • Layman’s Guide to Storytelling
    • Writing Dynamic Characters in Fiction
    • The Story of Your Character: Writing a Believable Backstory
    • Why I Hate the Letter Y and Other Character Naming Pitfalls
    • “Write Better Dialogue!” she shouted, losing her patience.
    • A Protist’s Guide to Titling: So Easy, a Single-Celled Organism Could Do It!