by Sonya Terjanian
Self actualization is by nature an inwardly-focused pursuit, but we must try to do it with our eyes open . . . understanding the origins of our opportunity, supporting others on the same journey, and lifting up those who weren’t born with the same privilege.
by Evelyn Somers
“I feared the possibility that my potential . . . was a joke or a ruse, or it had vanished somewhere in the wilds of India or acid trips or too much Diet Coke.”
by Martha Anne Toll
Weinzweig published her first novel at age fifty-eight. Given her mastery of the form, it is tempting to speculate that in a different era, she might have been able to take her writing seriously at an earlier age.
by Shoba Viswanathan
“Poetry is such a lonely art; that is also its glory. You get to listen to the voices in your head, which in a mysterious way connect you to the shared earth and your own body.”
by Ed Protzel
I wondered if there were some lost gems in these pages, some good ideas, some decent writing. I was a pretty intense, creative person when I was young. Maybe some of these early efforts could yet pay off.
by Lisa Romeo
It’s a bit ridiculous that “What would Dad think?” would be the question to bother me, since the point of the book involved my learning more about my father after his death, wanting to discover for myself what he might have been thinking all those years before.
By Susan Sechrist
…margins are a sacred, liminal space; an invitation to converse with the author, the characters, and the concept of the book. Marginalia excavates the secret passageways that exist in every text, and is not just about adding words, it’s also about adding space. Continue reading
by Joan Schweighardt
“Sometimes the two parts of my personality leak over, but that’s part of my amazing journey.”
by Jennifer Haupt
I returned from Rwanda with a laptop full of stories from genocide survivors and aid workers, stories of reconciliation and forgiveness, stories of inhumane atrocities and superhuman resilience, stories of grace when there can be no forgiveness—stories of amahoro, the Rwandan greeting that literally means peace. Continue reading
by Sonya Chung
“When I said to my students that we’re all in this together, it was true . . . I needed to show them it’s never too late and to persevere is essential (with publishing) but more than anything else, to honor one’s creative side is the most important thing.” Continue reading
by Elaine Neil Orr
The re-living of that November morning with my father—through the conjuring of my character—was so powerful, I had to lie down in the hallway to recompose myself. It was as if part of me still lingered behind in that other realm. Continue reading
by Mollie Weisenfeld
Here for your TBR pleasure are five Bloomers with books coming out in 2018. Continue reading
by Jan English Leary
“I turned to fiction writing because I wanted to dive beneath what we can see, to delve into what drives us, our feelings, our yearnings and desires, our fears and our revulsions, the whole thicket of our emotions.” Continue reading
