“I realized I had to center myself and people like me in my writing because I didn’t know who else would.” Continue reading
Category Archives: Debut Authors
Multi-racial, multi-ethnic, multi-faith southern stories: Q & A with Anjali Enjeti
There is such joy in happy endings, and we know that making that final climb to publishing can sometimes feel like a fairy-tale ending while slogging away at any work in progress. That is why it feels particularly thrilling to share in the celebration of Anjali Enjeti, who after years of putting in the hard … Continue reading
FIVE in BLOOM: Spring Bloomers 2021
by Sam Florsheim and Max LoSaro
A diverse collection of novels, essays, and memoirs published by Bloomers in Spring 2021 Continue reading
Bloom Creative Writing: Poetry by Lisa Braxton
With this selection of three poems by Lisa Braxton, we continue our new series of original fiction or poetry by writers who either published their first book at 40 or after, or who have yet to publish a book. Writers interested in submitting work should see our guidelines. The Basement Family Room You skipped down the … Continue reading
Making Funny Things Into Art: Q & A with Sari Rosenblatt
by Martha Anne Toll
“If there’s no humor in a story, I can’t bear to write it.” Continue reading
Authors / Debut Authors / Features / Fiction / Interviews
We All Want to Change the World: Rita Dragonette on the Anti-Vietnam War Movement
by Andy Shi
“Women’s war stories, until recently, were primarily of impact vs combat. Impact affects everyone. We were and have all been impacted by war—and the other big issues in life. I’m very interested in battlefields that aren’t on the front.” Continue reading
Countering the Stereotype of “Caught Between Two Cultures”: Q&A with Eman Quotah
By Alice Stephens
“I’ve been writing all this time, since university. It’s just taken a while to have a book in my hands.” Continue reading
