Dalia Azim
Dalia Azim's stories and essays have appeared in American Short Fiction, Glimmer Train, Aperture, Other Voices, Pindeldyboz, and Columbia Journal, among other places. She has been a recipient of Glimmer Train's Short Story Award for New Writers and is at work on her first novel. She lives in Austin, Texas, and is the manager of special projects at the Blanton Museum of Art.
Polly Rosenwaike flips the script on writing and motherhood
Polly Rosenwaike will be discussing her debut story collection, "Look How Happy I’m Making You," at BookPeople at 7 p.m. on June 25., and the following evening, June 26, she will...
Being a professional spectator: Jennifer duBois
After I had been friends with novelist Jennifer duBois for a couple of years, she casually mentioned that when she was 23, she seriously considered joining the CIA.
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At the Texas Book Festival, three new works of fiction that Impress
These three new works of fiction have captivated me recently, and their talented authors will be featured at this year’s Texas Book Festival, Oct. 27 and 28, held in...
The story behind a story: Sarah Bird’s ‘Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen’
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