Today is November 1st, which makes it a special day for several reasons. When I was in college in California,…
Author: Stephanie Jimenez
This week, we’re supposed to be writing about how to survive an edit letter — which refers to the list…
For this week’s post on literary influences, I’m republishing an essay I wrote about the intersection between song lyrics and…
Please welcome Ivelisse Rodriguez to the Ball this week! Ivelisse’s debut short story collection, Love War Stories, came out this July to much…
I get easily excited about ideas. If you sit me in front of a computer long enough, I will inevitably…
The first time I ever felt crushed by rejection was in high school. I was somehow nominated for a months-long…
It has been a rough week in the news, and I imagine that I don’t speak for just me when…
This week for The Debutante Ball, we’re sharing our journey to getting a literary agent, so I dug through the…
I remember listening to Santana’s “Maria, Maria”, and wondering what the hell kind of Latina I was for not being…
Hi, I’m Stephanie and guess what? I’m a Virgo. September 1st was my birthday and a bunch of us rented…