Q&A with Hilma Wolitzer

by Lisa Peet

“I never think in terms of topics, and I never think in terms of readers. What happens is that, at the risk of sounding like Joan of Arc, I hear a voice in my head that just says the first sentence of the story.” Continue reading →

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

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: “Compelling Variety”

by Vicraj Gill

What takes over when you aren’t a prodigy? “[S]omething else,” says Catherine Tice—in her case, musicianship—and then only if you have “an essential psychological immunity to the dark side of self-criticism.” Continue reading →