Claire Polders

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  • Author News,  Book: Woman of the Hour

    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.

  • Publishers Marketplace Report: Your Body of Mine sold to Vine Leaves Press
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    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.

  • Claire Polders with her book Woman of the Hour
    Author News,  Book: Woman of the Hour

    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…

  • Woman of the Hour by Claire Polders
    Author News,  Book: Woman of the Hour

    Pub Day for Woman of the Hour

    Today my debut short story collection Woman of the Hour: Fifty Tales of Longing and Rebellion will enter the world.

  • Author News,  Book: Woman of the Hour

    Audiobook Deal with Tantor Media

    I signed my first audiobook deal! It’s for my upcoming flash fiction collection Woman of the Hour: Fifty Tales of Longing and Rebellion. What else is still possible in this ever-changing fascinating publishing world?  Woman of the Hour: Fifty Tales…

  • Author News,  Book: Woman of the Hour,  On Writing and Art

    How The Sacred Lake of Poetry Can Bring Wisdom to Our Prose

    An essay for Brevity on writing hybrids and finding inspiration in poetry.

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