For the next month or so, you will have the absolute pleasure of reading blog posts from J. Courtney Sullivan. The bad news: she’s going to make the rest of us look really lazy and inarticulate. The good news: she’s smart, funny, adorable, and passionate about a lot of really important issues. She’s also a New York Times staffer, a Smith graduate, a really amazing cook, and has a novel that is going to knock everyone’s collective socks off when it comes out soon. Remember, we snagged her first. Take it away Courtney S….
[...] “J. Courtney Sullivan and I are editing a new anthology for Seal Press on the topic, and we want your ideas. Send us a couple of paragraphs–in the style and voice that you’d use in a full-fledged essay–proposing what you would write, along with your name, email address, phone #, age, and ethnic background (we understand that this might seem a little reductive, but we are committed to including diverse authors). We’ll look them all over, then get back to you once we’ve accounted for a range of moments, perspectives, and cultural backgrounds. [...]