Bloom Creative Writing: “Smoke Without a Fire,” by Teboho Mohlomi

The smoke filled the hut. Thick, blue. Continue reading →

Bloom Creative Writing: Fiction by Stuart Watson

A few feet away, a first-gen Lincoln Town Car had taken up residence at the curb. It wore vanity Idaho plates celebrating someone named JELLI. Continue reading →

Not a Word Wasted: Q&A with Brian Phillip Whalen

I’m driven by oh-so-close failure. To get near to your goal—whatever that is—to see it up close: it can make you want it even more, can spur you to take more risks. Art needs risk. Continue reading →

At Home in the Past: Q&A with Lea Singer

Writing my first novel, I felt: the past was drawing nearer, often so close, that it hurt. Continue reading →

The Brit and The Pole: New Vessel’s Young Bloomers

by Maddie King

Both authors simultaneously relished and abhorred putridness, designating death as a delicious way to punctuate life and the morass of complacency that accompanied it. Continue reading →

On Embalming the Artist: Some Posthumous Bloomers

by Maddie King

I have a fascination with artists whose defining works were not made public within their lifetimes. More often than not, they tend to be brilliant, prolific, and somewhat just out of reach, even when they were alive.
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People the Size of Mountains: Q&A with Olga Zilberbourg

“I haven’t felt any pressure to produce writing achievements by a certain arbitrary age. I’ve always been confident that, if anything, aging adds perspective and nuance to my work.”
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