THE UNIVERSAL DESIRE TO ESCAPE: AN INTERVIEW WITH HANNAH GRIECO BY DIANE GOTTLIEB IN JMWW
Hannah Grieco is a writer, editor, and teacher in Washington, DC. Her work can be found in a variety of publications, including The Washington Post, The Independent, Parents Magazine, Al Jazeera, Huffington Post, and more. Find her online at http://www.hgrieco.com and on Twitter @writesloud. She recently edited the anthology, Already Gone, from Alan Squire Publishing.
Diane Gottlieb: Congratulations on your second magical anthology! Can you tell us what it is about running away that inspired you to curate Already Gone?
Hannah Grieco: I started writing late, in my forties. I wrote freelance essays about difficult parenting experiences: this is what’s hard, here’s what I learned, and here is the result. There’s no running away with that kind of writing!