BLOOMERS AT LARGE: Role Models

by Kaulie Lewis

Though Schles doesn’t qualify for true Bloomer status—Invisible City was first published in 1988, when he was 28—the book was something of a cult title and was out of print for over twenty years. Continue reading →

BEST OF BLOOM: Q&A with Tim Horvath

by Lisa Peet

I do a lot of writing in sections, montage, and then feel them out for the best order. In other words, a lot of tunneling—a hole here, one there, and eventually some catacombs emerge. Continue reading →

BEST OF BLOOM: April Wilder’s Beautiful Bleed

by Lisa Peet

These stories are a memento mori for difficult lives: As I am, so could you be, far more easily than you can imagine. Clever, and darkly funny, This Is Not an Accident is also mournfully intelligent about the human condition. Continue reading →

Q&A with Tim Horvath

I do a lot of writing in sections, montage, and then feel them out for the best order. In other words, a lot of tunneling—a hole here, one there, and eventually some catacombs emerge. It’s lovely when a structure asserts itself—it’s like being a lost child wandering in a crowded place and all of a sudden someone trustworthy grabs your hand and pulls you to safety. Continue reading →

April Wilder’s Beautiful Bleed

by Lisa Peet

These stories are a memento mori for difficult lives: As I am, so could you be, far more easily than you can imagine. Clever, and darkly funny, This Is Not an Accident is also mournfully intelligent about the human condition. Continue reading →

Bloomers At Large: Tales and Transportations

by Vicraj Gill

“It can be very circuitous to find your way to what’s plain, what’s natural to you, the best forms for your mind.” It was those very circuits that eventually led her back to her first loves, literature and writing. Continue reading →