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Writing for Your Life: A Conversation Between Robin Black & Natalie Serber
Fiction / Interviews / Nonfiction

Writing for Your Life: A Conversation Between Robin Black & Natalie Serber

Posted on April 14, 2016 by editor • Leave a comment

By Robin Black & Natalie Serber

“In all of our work we reveal ourselves, whether in the dream of fiction, as you say, or in the exploration of life events through memoir or essay. My approach to the writing is always the same, tell the truest thing, whether it happened or not.” Continue reading →

An Excerpt from Robin Black’s <i>CRASH COURSE: Essays From Where Writing and Life Collide</i>
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An Excerpt from Robin Black’s CRASH COURSE: Essays From Where Writing and Life Collide

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Bloom • 1 Comment

by Robin Black

At the age of 39, just about two decades after having the dream that amplified my misguided conviction that genius should be my goal, I was finally able to write. Continue reading →

Robin Black: An Excerpt from <em>Life Drawing</em> (Part 2)
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Robin Black: An Excerpt from Life Drawing (Part 2)

Posted on July 9, 2014 by editor • Leave a comment

by Robin Black

This, for him, is moving in, as for me painting walls and hanging pictures is. He is all about acquiring knowledge. I am all about recasting a place into what I want it to be. Continue reading →

Robin Black: An excerpt from <i>Life Drawing</i>
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Robin Black: An excerpt from Life Drawing

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Juhi • 1 Comment

by Robin Black

I was certain about cremation, but in fact a lot of our other opinions had softened over the years. . . . But softened isn’t really the right word. Our opinions didn’t soften. More accurately, we reacted to life. Continue reading →

The Desk Drawer Novel: A Tale of Urgency, Panic, and Truth
Essays / Experience Required / Features

The Desk Drawer Novel: A Tale of Urgency, Panic, and Truth

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Juhi • 2 Comments

by Robin Black

A writer, of whatever age, needs to concern herself with the writing, its quality and its promise; and anxieties of any other kind . . . will always do more to hinder than to help. Continue reading →

Writing Short Stories Is What I Wanted to Do with My Life: Q & A with Susan Buttenwieser
Authors / Debut Authors / Fiction / Interviews

Writing Short Stories Is What I Wanted to Do with My Life: Q & A with Susan Buttenwieser

Posted on January 12, 2021 by Alice Stephens • Leave a comment

by Martha Anne Toll

“This feels like it is happening at the right time for me and my writing, and that I have truly landed in the right place.” Continue reading →

Bloomers at Large: Congratulations Are in Order
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Bloomers at Large: Congratulations Are in Order

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Bloom • Leave a comment

It’s been a while since we’ve posted our bloomers round-up, . . . [t]his month we want to . . . extend our heartfelt congratulations to those among our rolls here at Bloom who’ve been recognized and/or have recently bloomed in new and exciting ways. Continue reading →

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