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The Secret Story: K. L. Cook on What’s Hidden
“Maybe all stories are really about secrets and revelations” – K. L. Cook
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People the Size of Mountains: Q&A with Olga Zilberbourg
“I haven’t felt any pressure to produce writing achievements by a certain arbitrary age. I’ve always been confident that, if anything, aging adds perspective and nuance to my work.”
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The Best of Us: REMEMBERING PATRICIA DOBLER
by Nancy Koerbel
“that was Patty’s kind of thing, the ordinarily beautiful, and she cooed over all that—she had a way of expressing delight that was genuine and infectious.” Continue reading
Amah and the Silk-Winged Pigeons: Q & A with Jocelyn Cullity
by Evelyn Somers
“I also wanted to write about the women who never show up in historical writing more generally. Sometimes in our histories the women disappear altogether. This mysterious—actually ridiculous—absence of women at key historical moments became crucial to me.” Continue reading
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Trusting the “I”: Nancy Mitchell on Adjacent Lives, Personae & Final Truths
by Annie Kim
“Every voice in The Out-of-Body Shop is I, even if the story, the body, isn’t.” Continue reading
Giving Herself Three Years: Jennifer Wisner Kelly
by Caitlin Hamilton Summie
I gave the process three years and decided that if I hadn’t found a publisher by then, I would consider that particular project done. Continue reading
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FIVE in BLOOM: Latin American Authors
by Mollie Weisenfeld
This collection of Bloomers was inspired by my reading of Gabriel Garcia Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude. I wanted to explore more in the world of Latin American writers. Continue reading
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A Room Beneath the Sky: World, Self and Travail–Q&A with Maylis De Kerangal
by Maddie King
“I wanted to focus on … the fascinating yet paradoxical idea that work is at the same time a place where one is dominated and exploited, and a way to find personal fulfillment.” Continue reading
