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Mar 31
2 min

Meet Matt McGee, aka Notes from an American sports bar

The illustrious and pragmatic enigma that is Matt McGee answered our questions about his writing habits, body image, and what writing for...

Mar 28
1 min

Meet Heather Purlett

In her essay Gaze, Heather Purlett writes about the impact of diet culture and the fetishisation of the perfect body on vulnerable teens...

Mar 21
2 min

Meet Eirik Gumeny

Eirik Gumeny is the [insert superlatives here] author of the cult-favorite Exponential Apocalypse series. He’s written for WIRED,...

Mar 14
2 min

Meet Frauke Kasper

Author Frauke Kasper wrote Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes, Knees and Toes for the third Keeping It Under Wraps anthology, all about...

Mar 31, 2022
3 min

Behind the Stories: Tara Giroud

Tara's story, "I Am Put Away for Now", spoke to us as a story of lost identity. Tara writes about her feelings of loss of self after...

Mar 29, 2022
2 min

Behind the Stories: David Stromberg

David's essay, Childlessness, describes the pain and grief associated with fertility difficulties, followed by the upheaval of a new...

Mar 15, 2022
2 min

Behind the Stories: Jessica S. Wang

We are excited to welcome Jessica to the KIUW family. In her essay Daughters, she writes from a cross-cultural perspective about the...

Mar 3, 2022
2 min

Behind the Stories: Natasha Cabot

Natasha is new to the KIUW family and we are so pleased to have her! In her essay Bequeathal, she shares painful stories about her own...

Mar 1, 2022
3 min

Behind the Stories: Adrian Slonaker

Is there any such thing as a truly happy family? Adrian's essay about choosing to be child-free examines his feelings towards having...

Feb 25, 2022
2 min

Behind the Stories: Chital Mehta

Miscarriage is one of the many taboo subjects within parenthood: people lower their voices or use delicate euphemisms when the topic...

Feb 22, 2022
4 min

Behind the Stories: Jessica Joe

Growing up in the Mormon community, Jessica Joe has a unique perspective on the pressure on young women to marry and procreate. The force...

Feb 16, 2022
2 min

Behind the Stories: Meredith Wadley

We share interviews with the KIUW contributors on our blog. Get to know them and their writing here! We're starting with the inimitable...

Nov 23, 2021
2 min

Blog Tour Highlights - Week Two

Our book blog tour has come to an end, and what a ride we had! Once again there was a mixture of promo posts, highlights, reviews and...

Nov 8, 2021
1 min

Blog Tour Highlights - Week one

To kick off November, we decided it was about time to send Keeping It Under Wraps: Sex, Uncensored on tour. The amazing, raw and honest...

Oct 6, 2021
1 min

Parenthood, Uncensored: the final list

Alnaaze, Louise and Tracy are excited to announce the list of contributing authors for the second Keeping It Under Wraps anthology:...

Sep 27, 2021
1 min

The Long(list) and the (soon to be) Short of It

Today is the first of many Big Days: the one where we announce our longlist for the second Keeping It Under Wraps anthology. We found...

Jun 30, 2021
3 min

The Story Behind the Story: Adrian Slonaker

Adrian’s exploration of gender identity through an encounter with a stranger in a bar is intense, smoky, and deliciously painful. His...

Jun 1, 2021
2 min

The Story Behind the Story: Tai Farnsworth

Tai’s piece, Nine True Facts About Hearts, is a gut-wrenching tale of heartbreak and heartache. It is intense and deeply evocative. We...

Jul 15, 2020
2 min

The Story Behind the Story: Kate Paine

We invited our contributors to unwrap their stories with us and give us a little 'behind the scenes'. Click on the images to read what...