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Tag Archives: Kiese Laymon

Riva Lehrer on Disability, Making Art, and Getting Rid of the Explainy Voice
Features / Interviews

Riva Lehrer on Disability, Making Art, and Getting Rid of the Explainy Voice

Posted on November 24, 2020 by Lisa Peet • 1 Comment

by Lisa Peet

“It was such a transformative thing for me, making the point that you get a different set of words and holy shit, your perceptions just turn inside out.” Continue reading →

The Personal is Political: Karyn Kloumann, Nauset Press, and <em>Fierce</em>
Author Features / Features / Nonfiction

The Personal is Political: Karyn Kloumann, Nauset Press, and Fierce

Posted on December 11, 2018 by Lisa Peet • 1 Comment

by Lisa Peet

“It is also a process where you learn something about yourself and make sense of the current events manifesting around you as part of a larger cycle of life. I also believe it makes a more engaging read…if there is a personal voice as well.” Continue reading →

BLOOMERS AT LARGE: “What the Greats Have in Common”
Bloomers At Large / Features

BLOOMERS AT LARGE: “What the Greats Have in Common”

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Lisa Peet • Leave a comment

by Vicraj Gill

“There are people . . . like me . . . who seem to stay latent until a suppressed vocation gene is switched on by the attainment of some appropriate life stage. I remember registering the following thought: now that I’ve waited out the lived part of my life, my real work can finally begin.” Continue reading →

Bloomers At Large: How One Becomes a Writer
Bloomers At Large / Features

Bloomers At Large: How One Becomes a Writer

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

by Vicraj Gill

If Kertész’s answer to the question of how one becomes a writer is by editing, another comes from William Giraldi’s fascinating, polarizing essay “The Writer as Reader: Melville and His Marginalia.” Continue reading →

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