The “Dream Geographies” series returns with “Dream Mountains and Water”–text by Judith Serin, art by Masami Inoue.
“I see, from a sailor’s view …” Poet Judith Serin and visual artist Masami Inoue are dreaming again … BROAD STREET is proud to be publishing their new collaborations every week in February, starting with “Dream Mountains and Water.” What is the difference between a West Coaster and an East Coaster? Perhaps the answer...
Truth Teller Spotlight – Ramsey Hootman
Ramsey Hootman‘s first novel is “Courting Greta,” and she also penned a memoir (“Chastity Belt Included“) featured in our “Bedeviled” issue. Update for March 2017: Hootman’s second novel, Surviving Cyril, has just been released for enjoyment on Kindle! Making this an excellent moment to revisit her 2015 Spotlight interview … A San Francisco area resident, Hootman perfects the...
Truth Teller Spotlight: Patricia Smith
“I learned the hard way that all details aren’t equal, that the important details are ones that also help to convey a judgment or mood or reveal character….” We love it when good things happen for our contributors. And this month we celebrate Patricia Smith, author of “Holy War: Ramadan and race riots in a Senegalese marketplace,”...
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Onward into 2017!
It’s a new year, perhaps a fraught year, but one that is bringing good things to us at Broad Street. For one thing, we have added illustrious members to our editorial staff: Gretchen Comba (read her “Truth Teller Spotlight“), Katy Resch George, and Siddiqah Mujahid. Welcome to them! And we’re thrilled to be working on...
Truth Teller Spotlight: Gretchen Comba
When I “get in,” I am seeing, hearing, and smelling the world along with the characters… And so I say again, in the hope that my doing so will make the process a little less disheartening for beginning writers: Keep going, for if you keep going, the “real” or “true” story will reveal itself. And...
