by Lisa Peet
I craved—I still crave—transcendence, some kind of transformation to click through the plodding circuits in my brain and fire them up again, one by one, turning the lights back on. Continue reading
by Lisa Peet
“I think the process of allowing your hand and heart to make marks without thinking too hard is always going to be therapeutic. Expressing yourself, talking to someone honestly.” Continue reading
This week—in the spirit of candidness, “zigzag paths,” and the ways in which “shoulds” affect our writing and reading lives (and vice versa)—members of the Bloom staff share their “Unread Classics.” Continue reading
by Vicraj Gill
With Roger Angell’s “Life in the Nineties,” the New Yorker brings us an excellent example of the kind of writing years of life experience can produce. Continue reading
by Vicraj Gill
Since 2005, the folks at The Millions have asked notable writers at year’s end to share their “Year in Reading” . . . A fair number of Bloomers are present in this year’s feature, as both contributors and favorites. Continue reading
by Sonya Chung
When I pause to look back (thank goodness for anniversaries to remind us) at the authors we’ve featured at Bloom this past year, I think of the inertia they all bucked, willfully and courageously. Continue reading
by Rob Jacklosky
But the author of Middlemarch, Adam Bede and The Mill on the Floss would need more reading and learning and, even more crucially, more experience—particularly in relationships with men—before she began her career as a novelist. Continue reading
