Finding A New “Happily Ever After”: Susan Ostrov’s Loveland
But for so many of us, love is “a puzzle with jig-sawed edges, and all we have are scattered, often missing, pieces of ourselves.
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Deborah L. Williams
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Deborah L Williams is a college professor and writer. Her essays have appeared in publications such as in Brevity Blog, The Rumpus, The New York Times, The Common, and The Markaz Review, among others. Her book The Necessity of Young Adult Fiction, came out last spring; she is currently working on a nonfiction book saving the world, one classroom at a time, and on a novel called "Edith on Fire," about the novelist Edith Wharton. You can find Deborah on Twitter, Threads, and IG @mannahattamamma or on her website, Mannahattamamma.net.
“There has to be peril”: A Conversation with Andromeda Romano-Lax
Suspense, as a genre, can be a Trojan Horse. It’s a strong vehicle that you can hide things within [to] explore ideas about culture, gender, language, or place.