“I realized I had to center myself and people like me in my writing because I didn’t know who else would.” Continue reading
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In Search of Isabel Bolton
by Alice Lowe
In his 1946 New Yorker review of Do I Wake or Sleep, Edmund Wilson, one of the most prominent critics of his day, called Isabel Bolton’s voice “exquisitely perfect in accent.” Continue reading
Secret Lives: Katherine Heiny’s Single, Carefree, Mellow
by Joe Schuster
The truth is, however, that . . . you did not, of course, disappear. You were just continuing to live your life and write—write a lot. It was just that most people did not notice. Continue reading
Diana Athill: The Sufficient Self
by Amy Weldon
And all of us can be encouraged by what Athill and her books exemplify—that time can be a burgeoning writer’s greatest friend, if she pays attention. Continue reading
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