The Tragic Beauty of Dance: Q & A with Gavin Larsen

I am such a private person that as I was writing, if I had allowed myself to think about other people reading my work, I would have had to stop. But now, I just have to put that anxiety aside. And trust that baring my soul on the page is no different from doing so on stage. Continue reading →

GO FIGURE: Infinity and the Infinitesimal

By Susan Sechrist

“This is orthogonality at its core—going back to the beginning where new intersections are born, watching what unfolds from those unique moments of coming together, what curve or shape emerges and how those multiple shapes morph together.” Continue reading →

Bloom Creative Writing: Two Poems by Kirk Swearingen

“After her stroke, we read to each other” Continue reading →

Five in Bloom — 2022 Early Releases

by Sam Florsheim and Max LoSardo 2022 promises many exciting and immersive debuts from a broad collection of writers. Here are five works we’re looking forward to reading. — Charmaine Wilkerson is an American writer based in Italy and a graduate of Barnard College and Stanford University. She is also a former journalist, whose award-winning … Continue reading →

Elise Engler on A Diary of the Plague Year

by Lisa Peet

“The longer I did it, I couldn’t be absurd anymore, because there was too much at stake. And it also was much more interesting to draw what mattered.” Continue reading →

Bloom Creative Writing: “Bust,” by K. L. Cook

“The irony of having a bust made of myself is not lost on me.” Continue reading →

“Fiction as a device to bring empathy and understanding”: Q & A with Jerry McGill

by Shoba Viswanathan
“I never thought I had led a life worthy of memoir. I thought memoir and autobiography were reserved for great lives….” Continue reading →