“To say that I had more trouble sleeping while writing the novel is an understatement.” Continue reading »
Author Archives: Bloom
On Madness and Consensual Reality: Nicole Wolverton’s The Trajectory of Dreams
by Emily St. John Mandel
Lela has drifted very far from the realm of consensual reality, and the book’s considerable tension arises from the question of just how far she will go. She is heartbreaking, because for the moment at least she is lost. Continue reading »
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Women, Smart Alecs, and Fatherhood: An Audio Conversation With Shawn Vestal (Part 2)
In part 2 of this audio conversation, Shawn Vestal talks about cross-gender writing, becoming a father in relation to his writing life, and reads from the story “Gulls.” Continue reading »
Audio / Debut Authors / Features / Fiction / Interviews
Opposition and Faith: An Audio Conversation With Shawn Vestal (Part 1)
In an audio conversation, Shawn Vestal talks about faith and and its dark side, family and late-life blooming; and he reads from the collection’s imaginative and poignant opening story. Continue reading »
In Her Own Words: Zora Neale Hurston
“I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes.” Continue reading »
Zora Neale Hurston: Consequences Be Damned
by Edward Porter
As a literary figure Zora Neale Hurston was once the darling of her day, then consigned to the dust bin of history, then raised up again to take her place in the pantheon of American letters. Continue reading »
In Her Own Words: Laura Ingalls Wilder
“It is necessary that we dream now and then . . . but when once the dream is dreamed it is time to wake up and ‘get busy.’” Continue reading »
