Publications: Creative Nonfiction Writer

Nancy M. Williams is the founding editor and publisher of Grand Piano Passion™ and an award-winning creative nonfiction writer. Her essays on piano, hearing loss and motherhood have been published in a variety of magazines.

Nancy M. Williams is the founding editor and publisher of Grand Piano Passion™.  This online magazine offers articles, essays, and original videos for studying the piano as an adult, making music despite hearing loss, and claiming your passion, whatever it may be. Ms. Williams is also an award-winning creative nonfiction writer. Her work has been published in a variety of print and online magazines.


Award-Winning Publications

“Deserting the Piano”
Personal Essay
2009 Lamar York Prize for Nonfiction
The Chattahoochee Review, Spring/Summer 2009
“Rêverie Reclaimed”
Audio Production
Second Runner-Up, Narrative Category
The Missouri Review Audio and Video Competition, 2008

Publications on Piano

“How to Cast a Spell with Schumann’s #30 from Album for the Young”
Pedagogical Essay
The Cross-Eyed Pianist, September 2014
(Image: James Eppy Photography)
“The Piano Match”
Personal Essay
Piano Buyer
“Chopin's Raindrop Prelude Amplified”
Pedagogical Essay
Grand Piano Passion™, March 2013

Publications on Hearing Loss

“Teaching Music to Students with Hearing Loss”
Article
National Association for Music Education blog, March 2016
“Why Fake It?”
Personal Essay
The Better Hearing Consumer, November 2014
“A Listening Profit”
Personal Essay
Hearing Loss Magazine, September/October 2014
“The Moment I Told the Truth about My Hearing Loss”
Personal Essay
The Limping Chicken, October 2014
“A Grand Passion”
Opinion
Hearing Health, Winter 2014
“Hearing Health Affirmations”
Health Essay
Grand Piano Passion™, March 2013

Publications on Family

“Grandma and The Mints”
Personal Essay
GRAND Magazine, March/April 2015
“Subject: Pumping”
Personal Essay in Book Anthology
Unbuttoned: Women Open Up About the Pleasures, Pains, and Politics of Breastfeeding
Boston: The Harvard Common Press, 2009
“The Colors of Popsicles”
Personal Essay
New Jersey Life and Leisure, July 2008
“The Good Enough Squat”
Personal Essay
Fit Pregnancy, February/March 2008
“Finding the Mother Gene”
Personal Essay
Fit Pregnancy, October/November 2006
“Feeling Is First in the Chopin Nocturne in C-sharp Minor”
Personal Essay
Grand Piano Passion™, April 2011