Next week marks the one-year anniversary of the Writers Who Read interview series! Since I’m taking a break from the series for July, I wanted to take this opportunity to thank all the writers who’ve participated in the series thus far, as well as others who’ve read and supported it. The series has been very rewarding … [Read more…]
This will be the last Writers Who Read interview until August! Here to send us off into the temporary sunset is YA author Anna Schumacher. Who are you? Hi! I’m Anna Schumacher. I write a YA series called END TIMES: it’s a doomsday thriller set in an oil boomtown in Wyoming. The first book came … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with Adrienne Celt. Who are you? Adrienne Celt, author of the novel The Daughters, which will be published by W.W. Norton/Liveright on August 3rd. (Elevator pitch: An opera singer, a family curse, motherhood & daughterhood, a deal with the devil, Polish misandrist fairytales.) I also draw a … [Read more…]
I’ve always enjoyed reading, but lately I’ve realized how crucial it is to my physical health. A few weeks ago, I was diagnosed with severe hyperthyroidism due to Graves’ disease, which was good only in that it explained a list of odd symptoms I’d tallied for months: unexplained weight loss, tremors in my hands, a fast heart … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with poet Karen Skolfield. Who are you? I’m Karen Skolfield, poet. My book Frost in the Low Areas won the 2014 PEN New England Award in poetry. I’m also Karen Skolfield, mom, wife, teacher, veteran, hockey coach. Of those, it’s the “mom” label that’s been most surprising. … [Read more…]
I want things I can probably never have. I’m not talking about having more money or halting the aging process. I’m talking about strange and delightful things that aren’t exactly realistic or even possible, but I’d love to see happen anyway. Like: 1. A greater social acceptance of cosplay so I could dress up as a character, … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with writer and activist Shelley Ettinger. Who are you? I’m Shelley Ettinger. I’m a longtime activist in the LGBTQ movement and in anti-racist, anti-war and union struggles. I began writing creatively about 15 years ago; since then my poetry and short fiction have been published in dozens of … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with Lynn Kanter. Who are you? I’m the author of Her Own Vietnam, a novel about a woman who served as a U.S. Army nurse in Vietnam, and 30 years later must grapple with her history on the eve of the war in Iraq. The book was … [Read more…]
I wouldn’t have guessed it five years ago, but there is such a thing as having too many ideas. Writing ideas, at least. It seems to happen to me on a weekly basis now: a fabulous idea for a new novel, begging to be written. This year I’ve felt like I’ve had twenty-two story ideas, … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with Maggie Messitt. Who are you? Hi—I’m Maggie Messitt, author of The Rainy Season: Three Lives in the New South Africa. I lived in rural northeastern South Africa for eight years during which time I was an editor, journalist, and the founding director of a writing school … [Read more…]