Bloom

Encounters with authors whose first books debuted at 40 or older... who bloomed in their own good time.

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"Books serve as a collective soul, a memory bank, for the culture." Bloom spoke with @peg_a_pursell of @WTAWPress about the impact of SPD's closure—and why she's optimistic about the future

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"Titles from small presses are like beach glass—uniquely beautiful for the journey they’ve taken to await your discovery." Read more from our Director and Editor-in-Chief, @peg_a_pursell in this lovely interview with @bloom_site https://t.co/p79KRnW2H0

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Bloom spoke with J. Vanessa Lyon about her novel LUSH LIVES, which is out from @RoxaneGayBooks today: https://t.co/U5DDocE0Fo @groveatlantic

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"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. @UIowaPress https://t.co/9XwA3JAn5G

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"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. https://t.co/RsIz7ECwB6

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"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: https://t.co/5qrNDGLKxS

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This week's creative writing feature spotlights poetry by Jack Stewart https://t.co/Lfqc1elLps

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"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.
https://t.co/6uHKGqynU1

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"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. https://t.co/huW7hpQc7l

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“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: https://t.co/pO8LajOykS

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This week, Bloom features an excerpt from Joyce Becker Lee's debut short story collection, Casualties. https://t.co/vTC0yMZ3UO

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"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.https://t.co/shAl02mmI8

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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. https://t.co/LTmqQuov1H

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Looking for a great read? https://t.co/FP8M1TzsLG

[Adam Morgan @adamm0rgan]

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

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Sharing an excerpt from Donnaldson Brown's powerful debut novel BECAUSE I LOVED YOU (She Writes Press, April 2023): https://t.co/FP8M1ThRU8

[Serving House Books @SHB_books]

Congratulations to @Ronnawineberg! @SHB_books is pleased to publish her new story collection today, Artifacts and Other Stories. https://t.co/kv9p5i69cl or SHB  TheUSReview #amightyblaze @amightyblaze @Relegationbooks @blreview @bloom_site @SplashMagWW @Chicago_Splash @luxlotus

[Alice Stephens @AliceKSStephens]

Looking forward to chatting with the amazing @marthaannetoll about her debut novel, THREE MUSES, tomorrow at @writerscenter. Come and join us as we discuss writing about ballet, social justice and novel writing, publishing later in life, and more.

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"My version of the myth includes a prophetic twist, warning where we might end up if we do not change our ways."

Read @WendyBeselHahn's interview with @5estelagonzalez on her novel ARRIBADA and its Spanish language version LIMONARIA.

https://t.co/D5Hx8IkEGr

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"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.

https://t.co/xX2AP50Sp8

[Alice Stephens @AliceKSStephens]

"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 @marthaannetoll on her lovely debut novel THREE MUSES.

https://t.co/ozMjgtIPiE