by Evelyn Somers
“I also wanted to write about the women who never show up in historical writing more generally. Sometimes in our histories the women disappear altogether. This mysterious—actually ridiculous—absence of women at key historical moments became crucial to me.” Continue reading
by Editor
Founding editor Sonya Chung and Minorities in Podcast creator-host Jennifer N. Baker talk diversity in publishing, representation in film & media, corporate-v.-indie publishing, and more. Continue reading
“I was aware that I was writing about myself as a gay man, while at the same time I knew this wasn’t a ‘gay travel book,’ whatever that might be.” Continue reading
By Joe Schuster
“When we are writing memoir, that is a part of the pact we have with the reader: we’re not knowingly going to make stuff up.” Continue reading
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
By Joe Schuster
“I have come to see that satire and cynicism are defenses against harder-to-cope-with emotions.” Continue reading
In Lost Without the River, Barbara tells of her life on a small farm in South Dakota as her parents struggle to recover after the concurrent years of drought and the Great Depression. Continue reading
