by Alice Stephens
“If mangoes, arranged marriages, and terrorists will make my stories mainstream for big publishing, then, well, we’re at an impasse.”
by Maddie King
I have a fascination with artists whose defining works were not made public within their lifetimes. More often than not, they tend to be brilliant, prolific, and somewhat just out of reach, even when they were alive.
by Martha Anne Toll
“I know almost nothing about literary scenes anywhere. The greater part of my days are spent alone in a room.”
by Sonya Chung
“I find that older writers tend to have more to say—more wisdom, more that’s worth hearing and remembering. They are sure-footed, at their peak. They can also be a pain in the ass! It’s certainly a trade-off.”
by Nancy Koerbel
“The engine of an essay is doubt. The engine of an essay is doubt and self-reflection and humility, and once you get in that territory I think women are better at it.”
by Andy Shi
“While I was writing, I taped a little reminder to my notebook: ‘Whatever you’re afraid to write—write that.’ It kept me honest and pushed me to place of candor and even audacity. “
By Susan Sechrist
“…numbers have this interesting quality—they are abstractions, used for a fairly narrow purpose: to signify quantities. But they’re also words, patterns of sound. And words make linkages all through our brains. That capacity for making long-distance connections is at the heart of metaphor.” Continue reading
by Alice Stephens
“My redemption was to recognize the spiritual abuse and walk into spaces that know how to embrace me without judgment.” Continue reading
by Evelyn Somers
“I decided in 2015, on New Year’s Day, that I wanted to have a book, so I just declared it the Year of the Book. It was a powerful lesson that what you put out there energetically, you reap.” Continue reading
by Terry Hong
Where history lacks documentation, Zia presents the first—and only—book in English about “the massive exodus” in the late 1940s when 1.6 million of Shanghai’s 6 million residents fled the Communist Revolution. Continue reading
by Caitlin Hamilton Summie
When Coates attended an exhibition that included these later Pelton paintings, she was awestruck–and she knew immediately that she wanted to write about Pelton. Continue reading
by Nancy Koerbel
“There are just all kinds of ways to diminish yourself, but your writing is a way to think of yourself as an expansive self. ” Continue reading
by Mollie Weisenfeld
A new crop of Bloomers for your new year reading lists… Continue reading
