by Lisa Peet
“There’s something about the physical presence of the book, and the power of agency of your own attention. It’s a very personal experience.” Continue reading
Tag Archives: Stephen King
A Shirtwaist Story: Why We Are Still Angry
by Lisa Peet
What is it about an event like the Triangle fire—so small in the context of today’s numbers—that still keeps its memory so close to the surface of our national anger? Was the world simply a smaller place then? Continue reading
Secret Lives: Katherine Heiny’s Single, Carefree, Mellow
by Joe Schuster
The truth is, however, that . . . you did not, of course, disappear. You were just continuing to live your life and write—write a lot. It was just that most people did not notice. Continue reading
The Short Fiction of Murray Farish: “Something Ought to Be Possible”
by Evelyn Somers
“Extremity” is Farish’s territory. The stories in Inappropriate Behavior percolate with strangeness and extreme situations and events. They’re dark, but the darkness is often undercut by absurdity, and with clean prose that never strains. Continue reading
BEST OF BLOOM: “Up ‘Til Now”
by Lauren Francis-Sharma
Gone were the twenty-hour work days; now we were talking twenty-four hours. Seven days a week. . . . And the dream of being a writer seemed not only impossible but also, quite frankly, inconsequential. Continue reading
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: “Up ‘Til Now”
by Lauren Francis-Sharma
Gone were the twenty-hour work days; now we were talking twenty-four hours. Seven days a week. The emotional, psychological, and physical needs of two human beings, non-stop. And the dream of being a writer seemed not only impossible but also, quite frankly, inconsequential. Continue reading
Bloomers Among the Bests
by Juhi Singhal Karan and Rachel Leal
“How does one attempt to grasp the incomprehensible? Through lists,” says Umberto Eco. To help you stay afloat amidst the deluge of end-of-year best-books lists, we bring you, well, yet another list. Continue reading
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