Unveiling Heartbreak and Healing: Brenda Miller Reveals the Secrets Behind Her Powerful New Memoir.
BM: Yes! I do love my yoga studio, but there’s always a class where I’m like, when is this gonna be over? And then other classes where I think wait, already? We’re done?
RP: So true! Okay, so I read this in A Braided Heart, and I feel like it explains the experience of being a lit mag editor better than anything I’ve ever read. You were talking about when you get into a room to assess submissions and make decisions, and the quote is, “In this harsh, survival-of-the-fittest environment, almost every topic can seem old hat. It’s the voice that matters–voice and form. When we came across writers who mastered the art of signaling that their allegiance is firmly on the side of artifact over experience, that’s an author we’d be willing to follow anywhere.” Can you talk a bit more about that feeling?
