By CH Summie
In her lyrical prose, Bills shares her landscape of loss and survival in chapters that are deeply moving, sometimes humorous, and memorable. Continue reading
Category Archives: Features
Scarlett in Fact
by Maureen Teresa McCarthy
She begins to understand deep and lasting connection, her ties with Mammy, Melanie, and Tara, that she has always ignored. She is still growing, still changing, even though she is a grown woman. She is not caught, even if the web is one she made herself. Continue reading
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“One of My Joys is Compression”: Q&A with Devi S. Laskar
by Shoba Viswanathan
“You should write about what you don’t know about what you know. So yes I gave my Mother character a few of my things, as a place to start. I needed to start from a place of familiarity to explore the unknown. ”
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4 Women, One Continuous Story: The Slow Bloom of Suite for Barbara Loden
by Maddie King
“Alma is Wanda is Barbara is Nathalie is… arguably, the story that ties these women together has had a slow bloom. Through mediums, languages, spaces, it has refracted.” Continue reading
The Dreaded Question
by Marlene Adelstein
Looking back, there were fleeting moments of ecstatic writing pleasure . . . That feeling of gratification is just enough to make me want to do the whole damn thing again, with a new story and new characters, no matter how long it will take. Continue reading
Discovery Channels: James Mustich, A Common Reader, and 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die
by Lisa Peet
“There’s something about the physical presence of the book, and the power of agency of your own attention. It’s a very personal experience.” Continue reading
BLOOMERS BLAZING: Olin Dodson, On Fatherhood, Grief, Writing, and Dreams
by Joan Schweighardt
“Grieving is not a process of the ego, which only wants stability and to be in charge. Speaking generally, grief resists efforts to be rushed so that you can get back to work and become productive again.” Continue reading
