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Category Archives: Literary Journalism

Longform work, incorporating aspects of both researched journalism and narrative techniques

Feature: Shared Breath

July 29, 2019by Caitlin Dwyer 2 Comments

How does receiving a donated organ affect your sense of self? Read more at Longreads.

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Featured, Literary Journalism, Nonfiction Writing

Essay: Inheritance

May 25, 2019by Caitlin Dwyer Leave a comment

I bought a house in Portland Oregon, and it brought up a lot of questions – about privilege, about gentrification, about inherited wealth, about race, about pruning, about dreams, and […]

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FEATURE: Saving Irvington

November 19, 2017by Caitlin Dwyer Leave a comment

I wrote a reported essay on my childhood neighborhood, Irvington, a much-changed and much-beloved historic district in Portland, Oregon.  It’s taken me almost 2 years to work on their piece, […]

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Featured, Literary Journalism, Nonfiction Writing

Longform: Our Own Magic

April 25, 2017by Caitlin Dwyer Leave a comment

This story is close to my heart.  A few years ago I stumbled on a pagan solstice ritual, and I’ve been delighted and intrigued by modern Druid practice ever since.  […]

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Featured, Literary Journalism, Nonfiction Writing

ESSAY: What They Carried

April 15, 2017by Caitlin Dwyer Leave a comment

When you leave your home behind, what do you bring with you?

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LONGFORM: Squash on the Hill

January 8, 2017by Caitlin Dwyer Leave a comment

Last year I won a fellowship from Creative Nonfiction to develop a piece of researched literary journalism on Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  Each of us involved in the Writing Pittsburgh project worked […]

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ESSAY: Personal Pronouns

October 24, 2016by Caitlin Dwyer

A response to some of the political rhetoric and nationalist claims being thrown around this  U.S.A. election season, this essay is a reflection on how that language seeps into classroom […]

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THE FEAR OF FLYING

September 16, 2016by Caitlin Dwyer Leave a comment

Did you know that 6.5% of Americans are afraid of flying in an airplane?  I wrote a feature for Quartz Ideas on aviophobia and rediscovering the joy of flying – […]

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FELLOWSHIP: Writing Pittsburgh

September 19, 2015by Caitlin Dwyer Leave a comment

I’m excited to announce that I’ve been chosen as a contributing writer for Creative Nonfiction‘s “Writing Pittsburgh” project.  I will be writing a chapter in the first collaborative book, which […]

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Events & Workshops, Literary Journalism, Nonfiction Writing

LONGFORM: Escaping the Gaokao

September 19, 2015by Caitlin Dwyer Leave a comment

My newest article, a longform nonfiction piece on the trend of Chinese students studying in the U.S.A., is now up at The Big Roundtable.  Featuring profiles of four Chinese students […]

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Featured, Literary Journalism, Nonfiction Writing

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