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"My interest in fiction has to do with the way it gets to the emotional truths of our lives by uncovering the weaknesses and problems in all of us." Thrilled to interview my friend Martha Anne Toll on her lovely debut novel THREE MUSES. bloomsite.wordpress.com/2022/10/04/tel…

"Annie Ernaux sets out her goals for the memoir as she writes it, and they become part of the book itself. The Years is not just her own story but a chronicle of her generation." Read Alice Lowe's essay on Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux's THE YEARS. bloomsite.wordpress.com/2018/09/18/the…

Looking forward to chatting with the amazing Martha Anne Toll about her debut novel, THREE MUSES, tomorrow at The Writer's Center. Come and join us as we discuss writing about ballet, social justice and novel writing, publishing later in life, and more.

Congratulations to Ronna Wineberg! Serving House Books is pleased to publish her new story collection today, Artifacts and Other Stories. ronnawineberg.com or SHB  TheUSReview #amightyblaze A MIGHTY BLAZE 📚🕯🔥 @Relegationbooks Bellevue Literary Review Bloom Splash Magazines Chicago Splash Jess

"My version of the myth includes a prophetic twist, warning where we might end up if we do not change our ways." Read Wendy Besel Hahn's interview with Estela González🇲🇽🌈❤️🇵🇸 on her novel ARRIBADA and its Spanish language version LIMONARIA. bloomsite.wordpress.com/2022/10/18/arr…

What are the best book *reviews* you read this year? Doing my annual roundup for Literary Hub again.

Sharing an excerpt from Donnaldson Brown's powerful debut novel BECAUSE I LOVED YOU (She Writes Press, April 2023): bloomsite.wordpress.com/2022/11/01/an-…

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Happy 10th birthday to Bloom! In internet years, that's... a long time. Thanks to all our readers over the past decade, and here's to the next 10. bit.ly/3E6R7Ob

"That's what I mean by 'Story’s seen me through' ... if you can just keep turning the pages and find out what happens next, you’ll be okay." Kimberley Olson Fakih on her debut novel, Little Miseries.bloomsite.wordpress.com/2022/12/06/qa-…

This week, Bloom features an excerpt from Joyce Becker Lee's debut short story collection, Casualties. bloomsite.wordpress.com/2022/12/13/an-…

“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.” Hilma Wolitzer on Bloom today: bloomsite.wordpress.com/2023/01/10/qa-…

"The advantage, our ace in the hole, is experience, starting with the skills we’ve learned and exercised over time." Alice Lowe profiles Priscilla Long. bloomsite.wordpress.com/2023/01/17/dan…

"I just think a lot of us are better when we’re older." Bloom spoke with novelist and Speedwell contemporary gallery board member Debra Spark about sustaining—and celebrating—creativity in the long run. bloomsite.wordpress.com/2023/01/24/the…

This week's creative writing feature spotlights poetry by Jack Stewart bloomsite.wordpress.com/2023/01/31/blo…

"I try not to let the perfect be the enemy of, you know, pretty darn good." Bloom spoke with author @Bigfatpress about changing your life and staying the course: bloomsite.wordpress.com/2023/02/14/fro…

"It is not early. It is not late. It is simply now." Lorelei Goulding's beautiful essay on grief, trauma, and finding your voice in midlife is up on the site today. bloomsite.wordpress.com/2023/03/07/gri…

"Once you articulate a knot well, you can see and grow around it better." Debut novelist Mark Ernest Pothier on persistence, pressure, and finding clarity in a crisis. U of Iowa Press bloomsite.wordpress.com/2023/07/04/tru…

Bloom spoke with J. Vanessa Lyon about her novel LUSH LIVES, which is out from Roxane Gay Books today: bloomsite.wordpress.com/2023/08/01/que… Grove Atlantic

"Books serve as a collective soul, a memory bank, for the culture." Bloom spoke with Peg Alford Pursell of WTAW Press about the impact of SPD's closure—and why she's optimistic about the future