by Evelyn Somers
“We leave home and shed the identity we’re compelled to inhabit in our daily lives. At the same time, we’re not able to fully inhabit the place we’ve journeyed to. The result is an emotional and intellectual space we have unprecedented control over, but one with more room for self-invention.” Continue reading
by Sonya Chung
Porter’s newest film—her 4th full-length project in 7 years—is JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE, a profile of the late Congressman and Civil Rights giant. The film could not be more timely.
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In solidarity with antiracism protests around the country and internationally, Bloom strives to be antiracist in what we publish, whom we interview, and the books we choose to excerpt. Bloom understands that many who fit that profile come from marginalized communities of all varieties, and that paths to publication are too often challenged by systemic racism. Our goal is to amplify the underheard and to celebrate the undersung—the authors who are not reviewed in mainstream publishing. Our all-volunteer editorial team is fiercely dedicated to realizing a just society through the dissemination of diverse voices that speak to equality for all. Continue reading
by Joe Schuster
“Maybe all stories are really about secrets and revelations” – K. L. Cook Continue reading
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
