by Martha Anne Toll
Despite vast differences in wealth, status, ancestry, time, and setting, the eight-year-old girl in John Singer Sargent’s The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit haunts me. Why? Continue reading
by Alice Stephens
“If mangoes, arranged marriages, and terrorists will make my stories mainstream for big publishing, then, well, we’re at an impasse.” 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 Alice Stephens
“Scholarship is the ongoing work of clarifying the historical record. The fiction writer is after emotional truth. ” Continue reading
by Alice Stephens
“My hope lies in the youth who are politically active, who are much more open-minded, who see all people as human beings.” Continue reading
by Alice Stephens
“I became aware of the disconnect between who sci-fi was written by and for, and who I was as a reader.” Continue reading
by Alice Stephens
“While yoga is a moving meditation, I find writing to be a seated one. They both take me out of the clutter of life and into a world where my mind moves at its own pace.” Continue reading
