What Kind of Fiction IS This?
The following is the reprise of a conversation between myself and my sister-in-law. Joanna resides in Portland, OR, home of Powell’s Books. […]
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Reflecting on Baldwin
“To accept one’s past– one’s history– is not the same thing as drowning in it; it is learning how to use it.” […]
Fable is the Form That Lets Us Look But Not Touch
Presently, fairy tales and fable are not just having a moment, as they tend to do from time to time, but an […]
2019 Fellowship Applications Are Open
We are officially open to applications for our next season of fellowships! Tell your writer friends! Awards are based upon the quality […]
Measuring Progress
Twenty-seven thousand, five hundred—that’s my estimate for how many words I’ve written six months into my time at the WROB and nearing […]
Can Old Writing Learn New Tricks?
My first blog, which I started in 2007, was devoted to exploring and admiring free public libraries. I’m the child of these […]
Abandoning the Mission
I make my way on the orange line to the State Street train station in hopes of heading to my sacred writing […]
The Shape of Stories: Diversity is as Much about Form as it is Subject Matter
This summer, I’ve been fortunate enough to attend the Odyssey Writer’s Workshop in Manchester, New Hampshire, a six-week craft intensive for speculative […]
Why Review Books? A Personal History
Why review books? What’s the point? To what useful end is one reader’s take on someone else’s art beyond her own delight, […]
Imagining Empathy
At the beginning of May, I had the opportunity to go to a talk with Clint Smith, writer and scholar, and Jesmyn […]