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Tag Archives: Amy Weldon

The Fruits of Dormancy: BLOOM on Hiatus
Staff Corner

The Fruits of Dormancy: BLOOM on Hiatus

Posted on September 2, 2015 by editor • Leave a comment

from The Editors

There is no doubt that Bloom fills a crucial and vital gap in literary life and conversation. The community grows and grows. Continue reading →

FIVE IN BLOOM: Just Once
Features / Five in Bloom

FIVE IN BLOOM: Just Once

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Juhi • 1 Comment

by Juhi Singhal Karan

Does the number of novels that one publishes have anything to do with being a writer, or the act of writing? We think not. This month we talk about five novels that were the only novels their writers published. Continue reading →

Sybille Bedford: Resilience and Grace
Author Features / Features

Sybille Bedford: Resilience and Grace

Posted on July 13, 2015 by Juhi • 3 Comments

by Amy Weldon

The writer Sybille Bedford (1911-2006), who published her first book, the travelogue A Sudden View, at age 42, exemplifies the best effects of world-culture life on a person’s imagination and resilience. Continue reading →

The Spinning Self: On Pottery and the Rest of My Life
Essays / Experience Required / Features

The Spinning Self: On Pottery and the Rest of My Life

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Juhi • 1 Comment

by Amy Weldon

At first, shucking off my professor identity felt easy. But then preening self-awareness crept in. . . . Next stop—I congratulated myself—would be mastery! . . . Yet by the end of the second day I was stuck. Continue reading →

Collateral Gifts: The Poetry and Journey of Spencer Reece
Author Features / Features / Poetry

Collateral Gifts: The Poetry and Journey of Spencer Reece

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Juhi • Leave a comment

by Amy Weldon

At this point in Reece’s story, poetry and ministry begin to draw and twine together, taking the narrative, literally, to an unexpected place: Our Little Roses, a girl’s orphanage in Honduras. Continue reading →

Abigail Thomas: Accidentally Deliberate
Author Features / Features / Fiction

Abigail Thomas: Accidentally Deliberate

Posted on December 30, 2013 by Juhi • Leave a comment

by Amy Weldon

I owe this experience to that little book’s author, Abigail Thomas—memoirist, novelist, dog lover . . . widow, painter, and teacher—who trains us in forgiveness and clarity with every word. Continue reading →

The Self and The Shelf
Features

The Self and The Shelf

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Juhi • 3 Comments

from Juhi Singhal Karan and Rachel Leal

From family heirlooms to gun cabinets to chairs and even floors, a bookshelf isn’t just a container for pulp and ink, it holds a map of a reader’s journey. Here are the “Shelfies” of six of our staff writers, in their own words and photos. Continue reading →

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