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MAKING THE DAYS MATTER: Cynthia Newberry Martin
by Caitlin Hamilton Summie
“Keep your head down and get the writing done. Find a community so you can feel seen and heard while the writing takes the time it takes. And it really is never too late.”
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The Vulnerability of Human Dignity: Q&A with Sujatha Gidla
by Shoba Viswanathan
Who wants to live in a society where an evil like the caste system prevails? Untouchables are most directly oppressed by caste, but they are not the only ones it hurts.
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FIVE in BLOOM: Fall Debuts
The leaves are crisping, the air is cooling, and we turn our attention from the books we carried in our beach bags and on airplanes to distant vacations, to the reads that will keep us warm in the coming months, stacked up as insulation along drafty windowsills, their colorful jackets bright against the graying sky. Here are five fall debuts from Bloomers. Continue reading
Turkish Delights & Complex Identity: Q&A with Ayşe Papatya Bucak
by Andy Shi
“It’s the story of a young woman who learns, and is excited to learn, that her heritage is more complicated than she knew. And she heavily romanticizes the whole thing. That’s me, but hopefully with a level of self-awareness that I am romanticizing. I live in fear of Orientalizing myself.” Continue reading
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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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On Unfinished Business & The Only Timeline That Matters: Q&A with Sion Dayson
by Jen Lue
“As human beings, we live in relation to each other. One person’s story never exists in isolation.” Continue reading
