Woman of the Hour: Fifty Tales of Longing and Rebellion … A girl changes into a fox in self-defense. An idealist imagines what her new leader should look like, using her pets as reference. Guerrilla gardeners at dawn are sowing life-saving hope. A traveler delights in tasting European chefs. And a cruel ritual for teenage women turns into a revolution. The fifty stories in this collection transport the reader from an Amsterdam canal to the Oaxacan coast, from a silt-streaked Venice to an ...| Claire Polders
Write or Die Magazine published my essay "Dear Samantha Hunt: An Open Letter," on synchronicities, ghost books, and dead fathers.| Claire Polders
While traipsing around Peru's Sacred Valley, I was talking to author Claire Ibarra about self-deception, the female experience, sexual consent, and the use of magical realism to turn personal stories into larger political narratives. The post Interview about Woman of the Hour in JMWW appeared first on Claire Polders.| Claire Polders
On the day my collection Woman of the Hour was released, I signed a book deal with Vine Leaves Press for my novel Your Body of Mine.| Claire Polders
Woman of the Hour: Fifty Tales of Longing and Rebellion, my debut short story collection, will enter the word today.| Claire Polders
An essay for Brevity on writing hybrids and finding inspiration in poetry.| Claire Polders