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Vanessa Blakeslee

Vanessa Blakeslee

Our Permian Paradox

I had read about the Permian Basin but never thought I’d have the chance to go there. Fate, however, works in unexpected ways. Last May, my…

Jul 2, 2021

Our Permian Paradox

Jul 2, 2021

Vanessa Blakeslee

Winterland, a novel excerpt

The wind swirled figure eights atop the yard’s lone tree when David pulled into the driveway, and the thick rain pummeled the pavement in…

Jun 1, 2021

Winterland, a novel excerpt

Jun 1, 2021

Vanessa Blakeslee

Seeking Refuge

My Year Visiting Big Cat Sanctuaries

Nov 30, 2020

Seeking Refuge

Nov 30, 2020

Vanessa Blakeslee

How to Successfully Promote Your Book on Radio and Podcasts

My hand trembled as I signed in at the front door inside the entrance. Muffled music played from down the hall; I followed, checked my…

Apr 28, 2020

How to Successfully Promote Your Book on Radio and Podcasts

Apr 28, 2020

Vanessa Blakeslee

Get into the Groove: The Importance of Finding Your Rhythm

Rhythm, Part One:

Apr 5, 2020

Get into the Groove: The Importance of Finding Your Rhythm

Apr 5, 2020

Vanessa Blakeslee

The Circle, or, How We Teach Art Through One Another

Not long ago I had the good fortune to be a member of Lan Samantha Chang’s fiction workshop at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. We met…

Apr 2, 2020

The Circle, or, How We Teach Art Through One Another

Apr 2, 2020

Vanessa Blakeslee

“To My Unborn Child” — When Poetry Stares into the Abyss

The tumultuous, rapidly descending, and wrenchingly emotional early months of 2020 have prompted me to meander back through my computer…

Mar 28, 2020

“To My Unborn Child” — When Poetry Stares into the Abyss

Mar 28, 2020

Vanessa Blakeslee

Spiritual Waters, or Navigating Our Own Blockades of the Creative Life

July in Orlando. The air, dense with moisture, erupts into a downpour nearly every afternoon. Puddles swell, parking lots flood. The water…

Mar 26, 2020

Spiritual Waters, or Navigating Our Own Blockades of the Creative Life

Mar 26, 2020

Vanessa Blakeslee

When Two Art Forms Collide, What Happens?

A selection of poems inspired by dance

Mar 23, 2020

When Two Art Forms Collide, What Happens?

Mar 23, 2020

Vanessa Blakeslee

How to Research a Novel: Juventud

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like…

Mar 22, 2020

How to Research a Novel: Juventud

Mar 22, 2020

Vanessa Blakeslee

Vanessa Blakeslee

American fiction writer, essayist, literary critic. Award-winning author of Perfect Conditions: stories (2018), Foreword Reviews Editors’ Choice (Gold).

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