Erasure: It’s For Nonfiction Writers Too!
In this 2026 article at Craft Literary, Kristine Langley Mayer describes how she came up with the "erasure essay" form to engage critically with The Seventeen Book of Etiquette and Entertaining (1963), the source text for her feminist essay collection Teen Queen Training (Autofocus Books). Mayer lays out strategies for writing your own erasure prose with consciousness of your social position and avoiding appropriation.
Source: https://www.craftliterary.com/2026/01/28/erasure-its-for-nonfiction-writers-too/
Categories: Advice for Writers, Essays on Writing
