L. M. PoplinAug 30, 20199 minFocusing Outward: Living Literary Citizenship in Community(Originally published at https://www.bostonbookblog.com/articles/focusing-outward-living-literary-citizenship-in-community on July 16, 20...
L. M. PoplinAug 30, 20193 minA Writer's Becoming(Originally published at https://www.blackrosewriting.com/blog/a-writers-becoming on June 15, 2019.) When I was fifteen, my father diagno...
L. M. PoplinMay 10, 20193 minSlow and SteadyI grew up in a family that was too poor to travel the world. Instead, we invited the world into our home and hosted exchange students who...
L. M. PoplinMar 22, 20193 minThe Gift of Not ChoosingNobody warned me when I set out to become a writer that the job would require self-promotion. Not even in grad school, when I first disco...
L. M. PoplinFeb 4, 20192 minCommunityFebruary 3, 2016 If I had to choose between trying to sell a novel or writing a new one, I would choose writing a new one. Hands down. Ev...
L. M. PoplinFeb 3, 20192 minWhat Writers DoMarch, 28, 2015 Since I’m not interesting enough to write memoir, and not scholarly enough to write non-fiction, I’ve staked my claim in ...
L. M. PoplinJan 31, 20192 minDisplacedMay 17, 2013 I have never really felt as though I belonged. At first I believed my sense of displacement was chronological, owing largely...
