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Category Archives: Essays

Time for Something Else
Essays / Features / Fiction

Time for Something Else

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Bloom • 1 Comment

by Pamela Holmes

I would develop a psychological picture of a woman who could be this brave and determined. I would create a portrait of a marriage that would sustain and support her obsession. I would answer the question for myself. Continue reading →

Writing over 50: A Teacher’s Own Lessons
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Writing over 50: A Teacher’s Own Lessons

Posted on December 5, 2018 by Bloom • 2 Comments

by Peter Krass

One of my writing students, well into her 80s, was surprised that her stories, set in the bohemian Greenwich Village of the 1950s, held our workshop fascinated. “You’d really want to read more of this?” she asked skeptically. We did. Continue reading →

Lost & Found: Jenn Stroud Rossmann on Making, and Taking, Her Time
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Lost & Found: Jenn Stroud Rossmann on Making, and Taking, Her Time

Posted on November 6, 2018 by Bloom • 3 Comments

by Jenn Stroud Rossmann

Even Proust didn’t sequester himself in his cork-lined room to write until he had, well, lost time to the parties and travels he turned into fiction. Continue reading →

From Poetry to Prose: On Discovering a New Voice
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From Poetry to Prose: On Discovering a New Voice

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Bloom • 1 Comment

by Elizabeth Garber

After I had constructed my memoir, one of my mentors reassured me, “Don’t worry, your poetry is alive and well in your prose.” Continue reading →

The Origins of Opportunity
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The Origins of Opportunity

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Bloom • 1 Comment

by Sonya Terjanian

Self actualization is by nature an inwardly-focused pursuit, but we must try to do it with our eyes open . . . understanding the origins of our opportunity, supporting others on the same journey, and lifting up those who weren’t born with the same privilege. Continue reading →

One Novelist’s Addiction to Fiction: The Lost Titles of an Ancient Writer
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One Novelist’s Addiction to Fiction: The Lost Titles of an Ancient Writer

Posted on May 15, 2018 by Bloom • Leave a comment

by Ed Protzel

I wondered if there were some lost gems in these pages, some good ideas, some decent writing. I was a pretty intense, creative person when I was young. Maybe some of these early efforts could yet pay off. Continue reading →

Author Interview Initiation: You Want to Know WHAT?
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Author Interview Initiation: You Want to Know WHAT?

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Lisa Peet • 2 Comments

by Lisa Romeo

It’s a bit ridiculous that “What would Dad think?” would be the question to bother me, since the point of the book involved my learning more about my father after his death, wanting to discover for myself what he might have been thinking all those years before. Continue reading →

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