Category: writing
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Last month, I attended the Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference. In the days before, I was so nervous. “What if the other kids don’t like me?” I wondered. Those fears didn’t matter, in the end. A different version of myself came back down from that mountain. Surrounding myself with others who believe that reading and writing…
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“Yesterday, we handed our written list of demands to the university. I don’t think I will ever forget how I felt, printing off the documents and running together to the Student Support Office with them tightly clutched in our arms” – Yuka, Former Steering Committee Member, University of Tokyo Palestine Solidarity Encampment Thank you so…
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Last month, I went to Japan for 12 days. It was the second time I have been there; the first with my husband. I had therapy the day before the trip and after I was done agonizing over all of the ways in which I could tragically die in a plane crash, I spent the…
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Oars flashagainst reda plane arcsinto goldand I think I could forgetmy fear of flying Last week, I took a cab to work and as we crossed over the Longfellow Bridge I was so moved, I took out my phone and wrote a poem. Autumn in Boston is profoundly beautiful. Seasons are often loose approximations of…
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How surreal that I have reached the of my novel-writing journey where I am querying agents! And when someone responds to my query asking to see the full manuscript, there is actually a manuscript to give! Absolutely mind-blowing stuff. Some, such as my partner and my parents, think that this is a victory in itself.…
Katie Fustich 