A new crop of Bloomers for your new year reading lists… Continue reading
Category Archives: Fiction
Literary Excavation: Jeffrey Colvin’s Story of Lost Black Communities
by Andy Shi
“I believe remembrance is a preoccupation of the living. We find comfort in good memories, wrestle with memories that bring hurt or confusion, and suppress or cast-off memories that are too painful to continue to carry.” Continue reading
Cleaning House with Jen Beagin
by Lisa Peet
“I was somewhat well-read, well-spoken, and well-dressed. In other words, I looked like my clients, and was able to bullshit with them about the art on their walls and the books on their shelves. I wasn’t completely invisible, even when I wanted to be.” Continue reading
“I’m Allowing for More Contradictions”: Q&A with Daren Dean
by Evelyn Somers
“There is violence in my stories, but there is also tenderness, love. I’m interested in those things and everything in between. Often violence arises in a character who feels misunderstood. Words fail them, and they turn to what should be a very last resort.”
Authors / Debut Authors / Features / Fiction / Interviews
How Villa Became Villa: Q&A with Cameron MacKenzie
by Alice Stephens
“Scholarship is the ongoing work of clarifying the historical record. The fiction writer is after emotional truth. ” Continue reading
Authors / Debut Authors / Fiction / Go Figure
GO FIGURE: A Glance Askance
By Susan Sechrist
“Levin guides us with a doubt-ridden but earnest narrator who posits questions about what is real and true, prodding us to analyze her narrative in the same way Gödel and Turing question the holism of mathematics, and the very nature of truth.” Continue reading
Live & Uncensored: A G-rated chat with Leland Cheuk
by Andy Shi
“Hor Lee is…as un-PC as any set from Dave Chappelle or Bill Burr, but his scathing jokes assumes a supportive role behind his heartfelt efforts to remake himself and reconnect with his family.” Continue reading
