Autumn Konopka, Author, Runner, Teacher, Human

The Importance of Being Safe

Feb 23, 2022

In which the writer confronts those who think they know better.

Poet Writes a Novel, pt. 2: My Worst Nightmare

Mar 19, 2021

As a poet who recklessly dove head first into writing a novel, it didn’t take long for me to begin experiencing the crippling friction between the needs of a long story, with a vast word count, and the slow, perfectionist tendencies I possess as a poet.

I just found out my favorite VJ is a brilliant writer

Mar 02, 2021

It turns out you can learn a lot about writing from an article about the Chainsmokers and fitness apps.

Poet Writes a Novel, pt. 1

Mar 13, 2019

I'm a poet. I have no business writing a novel. But apparently that's what I'm doing.

The Most Important Thing I Learned in 2020 is to Love Jane Austen

Feb 13, 2022

I had managed to avoid Jane Austen until I was 41, counting her among the many dead white writers who’d gotten plenty of attention and surely didn’t need mine. But I'm not sure I would have made it through the hellscape of 2020 without her.