Woman of the Hour Received an Enthusiastic Response
My debut flash fiction collection Woman of the Hour received an enthusiastic response. SmokeLong Quarterly published a review by Marcus Tan. “In her flash fiction ‘Bleeding Girls Initiation Ritual,’ Claire Polders shows us the resilience of the collective in a…
Style Matters, a Craft Essay
On learning from the masters, writing in a foreign language, magic tricks, clichés, metaphors, overwriting, and self-editing strategies.
Dear Samantha Hunt: An Open Letter
Write or Die Magazine published my essay "Dear Samantha Hunt: An Open Letter," on synchronicities, ghost books, dead fathers, and the connections we feel as authors between one another.
Interview about Woman of the Hour in JMWW
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.
Your Body of Mine: Book Deal with Vine Leaves Press
On the day my collection Woman of the Hour: Fifty Tales of Longing and Rebellion was released, I signed a second book deal with Vine Leaves Press. This time for the novel Your Body of Mine.
If My Book Were a Garden…
Monkey Bicycle has been publishing If My Book essays for years. They’re often hilarious and touching, and I always read them with great interest. We authors find it hard to talk about our books. We feel unfit to write a…
