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Tag Archives: Toni Morrison

Prophecy in Pieces:  A Q&A with Brian Castleberry on America Past, Present, and Future
Authors / Debut Authors / Features / Fiction / Interviews

Prophecy in Pieces: A Q&A with Brian Castleberry on America Past, Present, and Future

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Bloom • Leave a comment

by Andy Shi

“If in these characters you recognize your own psychosis, if the plot at large seems less redolent of the Red Scare of the 1950s and resembles more today’s sociopolitical bedlam, you are not wrong.” Continue reading →

“I cared more about making the reader uncomfortable than happy… discomfort makes you question and think”: Q&A with Joanne Ramos
Authors / Debut Authors / Features / Fiction / Interviews

“I cared more about making the reader uncomfortable than happy… discomfort makes you question and think”: Q&A with Joanne Ramos

Posted on November 19, 2019 by bloomingth • 3 Comments

by Terry Hong

“The ideas of The Farm are ones that have obsessed me for decades…” Continue reading →

“Gram Julia’s Spies,” by Marin Sardy, from <em>The Edge of Every Day</em>
Excerpts / Features / Nonfiction

“Gram Julia’s Spies,” by Marin Sardy, from The Edge of Every Day

Posted on June 25, 2019 by Bloom • Leave a comment

by Marin Sardy

There was also something rigid about Gram Julia…traits associated with schizophrenia… Later an uncle recoiled at the idea. The family already had a story in place to explain Gram Julia. “Selfish,” they said. “A character.” Continue reading →

FIVE IN BLOOM: The Good Muse
Features / Five in Bloom

FIVE IN BLOOM: The Good Muse

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Juhi • Leave a comment

by Juhi Singhal Karan

What do authors need “in order to release [their] imagination,” as Toni Morrison put it? . . . The process of writing is as fascinating as the written word itself, as will be evident from these five bloomers, each of whom had their own unique ritual. Continue reading →

BLOOMERS AT LARGE: Work and Waiting
Bloomers At Large / Features

BLOOMERS AT LARGE: Work and Waiting

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Juhi • 1 Comment

by Kaulie Lewis

Cathe Shubert considered both Ozick’s and Bovy’s essays as reflections on that essential question: “Why do we write? . . . Perhaps, she seems to suggest, the answers of “young” and “old” authors are more similar than we think. Continue reading →

Q&A With Thrity Umrigar
Authors / Fiction / Interviews / Uncategorized

Q&A With Thrity Umrigar

Posted on February 25, 2015 by editor • 1 Comment

I believe that intentions matter. They matter in life and they matter in writing fiction. If you sincerely want to explore the humanity of a character who happens to be of a different race, that sincerity will shine through. Readers are so awesomely smart. Continue reading →

BLOOMERS AT LARGE: Good News, Bad News, and Biography
Bloomers At Large / Features

BLOOMERS AT LARGE: Good News, Bad News, and Biography

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Juhi • Leave a comment

by Kaulie Lewis

But a darker side of Wilder’s semi-autobiographical children’s series is revealed in the new version of her first work, Pioneer Girl . . . This restored autobiography includes details and stories judged too adult for the Little House books. Continue reading →

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