Grub Street Writers is the reason I've stayed in Boston. I started teaching for Grub back in 1997, when founder Eve Bridburg, a Boston University M.A. alumna, as I am, kindly gave me my first job out of grad school. Jenna Blum More Quotes by Jenna Blum More Quotes From Jenna Blum As a white, female, half-Jewish writer, when I read 'The Underground Railroad,' it reminded me that America isn't just the sort of Sesame Street that I grew up with that tolerated and embraced diversity in the Northeast, but in fact was built on the foundation of slavery. Jenna Blum me slavery diversity white When I was reading 'The Underground Railroad,' I had to actually hold my hand over the right-hand page so I wouldn't see, by mistake, what was coming up next - it was so suspenseful. it's really masterful. Jenna Blum see next reading mistake Procrastination: as endemic to and dreaded by writers as writers' block. Jenna Blum endemic writers block procrastination Make a list of activities that keep you tethered to your creative world, and put it where you can see it every day - like, right in the center of your image board. Jenna Blum every-day day you world
