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Tag Archives: Jane Austen

GO FIGURE: The Hyperbola Stories – Part 2 Half Measures
Authors / Fiction / Go Figure

GO FIGURE: The Hyperbola Stories – Part 2 Half Measures

Posted on March 2, 2021 by Bloom • Leave a comment

By Susan Sechrist

“It only took me about 15 minutes to puzzle together the pieces and while they didn’t fit seamlessly, they made a crazy kind of sense that felt, well, mysteriously algorithmic, like we’d tapped into some secret second nature that hides inside narrative.” Continue reading →

GO FIGURE: The Hyperbola Stories – Part 1
Authors / Fiction / Go Figure

GO FIGURE: The Hyperbola Stories – Part 1

Posted on October 13, 2020 by Bloom • Leave a comment

By Susan Sechrist

“What I created felt new yet related, genetically connected but differentiated. It was an intriguing and empowering experience as a reader – to actually get into the text and change its initial conditions.” Continue reading →

“Gram Julia’s Spies,” by Marin Sardy, from <em>The Edge of Every Day</em>
Excerpts / Features / Nonfiction

“Gram Julia’s Spies,” by Marin Sardy, from The Edge of Every Day

Posted on June 25, 2019 by Lisa Peet • Leave a comment

by Marin Sardy

There was also something rigid about Gram Julia…traits associated with schizophrenia… Later an uncle recoiled at the idea. The family already had a story in place to explain Gram Julia. “Selfish,” they said. “A character.” 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 →

Fanny Trollope: “Tested as Few Women Have Been”
Author Features / Features

Fanny Trollope: “Tested as Few Women Have Been”

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Juhi • 1 Comment

by Cynthia Miller Coffel

She was always clear that she wrote for money . . . but she was a critic of society as well: many of her novels were arguments for social reform; one critic calls her a “maternal feminist.” Continue reading →

BEST OF BLOOM: When Style Is Content — The Fiction of W.M. Spackman
Author Features / Features / Fiction

BEST OF BLOOM: When Style Is Content — The Fiction of W.M. Spackman

Posted on August 28, 2014 by editor • Leave a comment

by Nicki Leone

I always find myself arguing on behalf of the book in situations like these . . . The author didn’t write this book to tell you what you want to hear, I point out, he wrote it because he had something to say. So what was it? Continue reading →

When Style Is Content: A Run-In with the Fiction of W.M. Spackman
Author Features / Features / Fiction

When Style Is Content: A Run-In with the Fiction of W.M. Spackman

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Juhi • Leave a comment

by Nicki Leone

I always find myself arguing on behalf of the book in situations like these . . . The author didn’t write this book to tell you what you want to hear, I point out, he wrote it because he had something to say. So what was it? Continue reading →

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