by Maddie King
There’s something exciting and liberating about the middle-aged debut. It’s a bit monstrous, actually . . . a Bloom writer, as a person who’s both “new” and “late,” is a bit grotesque. But that’s exactly where ideas spring free. Continue reading
by Maddie King
“Everything I write is colored by the desire to see beyond appearances, by my awareness of multiple viewpoints, multiple margins and centers operating at once.” Continue reading
by Mollie Weisenfeld
An exciting lineup of five 2018 bloomer releases, new translations, and re-releases — get ready for fall reading! Continue reading
by Maddie King
“The words ‘genre’ and ‘hybrid’ actually make me uneasy . . . when you’re writing, the work doesn’t care what you call it.” Continue reading
by Elizabeth Garber
After I had constructed my memoir, one of my mentors reassured me, “Don’t worry, your poetry is alive and well in your prose.” Continue reading
by Evelyn Somers
“I feared the possibility that my potential . . . was a joke or a ruse, or it had vanished somewhere in the wilds of India or acid trips or too much Diet Coke.” Continue reading
by Shoba Viswanathan
“Poetry is such a lonely art; that is also its glory. You get to listen to the voices in your head, which in a mysterious way connect you to the shared earth and your own body.” Continue reading
