Bloom Creative Writing: “Bust,” by K. L. Cook
“The irony of having a bust made of myself is not lost on me.” Continue reading
“The irony of having a bust made of myself is not lost on me.” Continue reading
by Joe Schuster
“Maybe all stories are really about secrets and revelations” – K. L. Cook Continue reading
“Peter never stuttered when he was on stage.” Continue reading
I was very aware when I was writing the book that, although it centers on baseball, I intended it more as a novel about people reaching a certain age and realizing that the choices they made had shaped their lives in ways they had no way of knowing when they made those choices. I also was aware of writing a novel about dreams, and what happens when someone discovers that they can’t have the dreams they wanted—and then facing the question, “Now what do I do?” Continue reading
Bloom spoke with Arab-American author Sarah Cypher, whose debut novel The Skin and Its Girl is out today. Leah De Forest: First, congratulations! Sarah Cypher: Thank you! I’ve been working on The Skin and Its Girl in some form since the early 2000s, and parts of it have grown up with me as a writer. … Continue reading
. The themes turned up and then kept turning up, whether of longing or desire or wishing to belong . . . I think this happens to all of us as writers and artists—we create and then we see recurring themes and motifs and even obsessions. Continue reading
“This morning on her way home from church (Val is the only one of us who goes), she stopped at the kids’ new house.” Continue reading