Writing my first novel, I felt: the past was drawing nearer, often so close, that it hurt. Continue reading
Category Archives: Translations
FIVE in BLOOM: Latter-Year Reads
by Mollie Weisenfeld
Here are books publishing in the latter half of the year. Please set yourself up for a little gift in the mail and pre-order these fantastic Bloomers. Continue reading
FIVE in BLOOM: Upcoming Reads
by Mollie Weisenfeld
A new crop of Bloomers for your new year reading lists… Continue reading
FIVE in BLOOM: Fall Debuts
The leaves are crisping, the air is cooling, and we turn our attention from the books we carried in our beach bags and on airplanes to distant vacations, to the reads that will keep us warm in the coming months, stacked up as insulation along drafty windowsills, their colorful jackets bright against the graying sky. Here are five fall debuts from Bloomers. Continue reading
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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FIVE in BLOOM: Latin American Authors
by Mollie Weisenfeld
This collection of Bloomers was inspired by my reading of Gabriel Garcia Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude. I wanted to explore more in the world of Latin American writers. Continue reading
A Room Beneath the Sky: World, Self and Travail–Q&A with Maylis De Kerangal
by Maddie King
“I wanted to focus on … the fascinating yet paradoxical idea that work is at the same time a place where one is dominated and exploited, and a way to find personal fulfillment.” Continue reading