by Vicraj Gill
Zamorano’s essay is candid about many things . . . the way self-help books helped her along her literary path; and the way she even “pray[ed] for God to excise this writing aspiration from [her] heart.” Continue reading
Tag Archives: Meg Pokrass
BLOOMERS AT LARGE: Creative Paces
by Vicraj Gill
“Learn to be kind to yourself, because writing is hard and it will bash you up. Learn that . . . your only competition is time, which is the truest judge.” Continue reading
Cover to Cover
by Juhi Singhal Karan and Rachel Leal
We’re exhorted to not judge a book by its cover, dear reader, and yet there surely is a book or two that shoulders its way into our bookshelves purely on the strength of its jacket design. Continue reading
Q&A With Meg Pokrass
I found flash fiction (originally called short-shorts) in the 1980s when my brain exploded reading the work of Amy Hempel. Around the same time, the tiny, densely sad and gorgeous chapters of Monkeys by Susan Minot similarly stole my heart. Continue reading
Bodies are Genius: The World According to Meg Pokrass
by Lillian Ann Slugocki
The diction is razor sharp, the approach direct, and the persona doesn’t mind offending you. She’s as transgressive as the heroine in Sylvia Plath’s “Lady Lazarus” rising out of the ash, except the serious writer is on a broomstick, wearing Groucho Marx glasses. Continue reading
