Not a Word Wasted: Q&A with Brian Phillip Whalen

I’m driven by oh-so-close failure. To get near to your goal—whatever that is—to see it up close: it can make you want it even more, can spur you to take more risks. Art needs risk. Continue reading →

On Embalming the Artist: Some Posthumous Bloomers

by Maddie King

I have a fascination with artists whose defining works were not made public within their lifetimes. More often than not, they tend to be brilliant, prolific, and somewhat just out of reach, even when they were alive.
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People the Size of Mountains: Q&A with Olga Zilberbourg

“I haven’t felt any pressure to produce writing achievements by a certain arbitrary age. I’ve always been confident that, if anything, aging adds perspective and nuance to my work.”
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4 Women, One Continuous Story: The Slow Bloom of Suite for Barbara Loden

by Maddie King

“Alma is Wanda is Barbara is Nathalie is… arguably, the story that ties these women together has had a slow bloom. Through mediums, languages, spaces, it has refracted.” Continue reading →

You Will Find Me Upriver: Dissent and Translation–Q&A with Cristina Rivera Garza

by Maddie King

“Instead of thinking of translation as a smooth transition or a harmonious process, I am interested in how translation brings up dissent, discordance, deviation, contention.” Continue reading →

Dwelling in the Incandescent and the Grotesque: Q & A with Sofia Samatar

by Maddie King

There’s something exciting and liberating about the middle-aged debut. It’s a bit monstrous, actually . . . a Bloom writer, as a person who’s both “new” and “late,” is a bit grotesque. But that’s exactly where ideas spring free. Continue reading →