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Crystal K. Odelle
Ariel Gore is a force of nature. I first met her about ten years ago when she was teaching at UNM. I was a graduate student, working as a reading series coordinator for the English department, and I helped organize a reading for her. Wow, can she put on a show! A true storyteller, both on the page and in person, she is irreverent, witty, and full of anecdotes you’re not soon to forget (e.g. Trying to find time to write, sometimes she would jot down ideas while at stoplights). Years later I saw her on a panel about how to juggle motherhood and writing (and writing about motherhood) at the AWP conference when it was in Los Angeles. A new mother myself, I had an even deeper appreciation for her approach to wearing numerous important hats in life. We are delighted to have Ariel as our featured writer for March (and it’s no coincidence that our Plume Plus theme is going to be Fierce). We hope you enjoy our interview with her! Plume: When did you know you were a writer? Ariel Gore: Like so many of us I wrote books as a kid. I wrote a short story collection at four and put my author picture in there. I wrote a novel in elementary school about a girl with a magical doll. I tried to sell a poetry collection to HarperCollins when I was in fourth or fifth grade and they sent a nice rejection letter. Later, when I was traveling as a teenager, I mostly wrote letters. I’m sure they were very dramatic. When I was in my early twenties I kind of focused in and decided I wanted to be a professional writer, so I studied journalism and did an internship at a feminist newspaper and made my own zine. I still sent things to publishers to see if an outside magazine or journal would publish my stories, but mostly that outside publication came later. So, I started with independent publishing and that was so important and helpful to me as I was learning how to be an author in addition to being a writer. Being published for me is often very stressful—like an extension of social anxiety—so it is something that, from a self-care perspective, was important to really ease into. P: Where do you get your ideas? AG: Anyplace. Dreams. News stories. My life. … Read more
