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From Horrible Choices to Amazing Discoveries—How One Forgotten Book Helped Me Connect My Past to My Progress

My graduate education has been amazing and unlike any other grad program I know of—yes, lots of papers and research, but also a TON of hands-on trade experience that comes out to two years of actual industry experience gained working for a real publishing press and creating actual USABLE materials in my case that enabled the launch of Pear Shaped Press last quarter, which I was inspired to do during my digital skills class when Read more…

By Stephanie Anderson, ago

Internalized Misogyny

Who Run The World? Upon branding myself as a founder of something as public as this press, I’ve felt defensive. Note: let’s acknowledge that we, the founders of Pear Shaped Press, are three white women who understand the advantages that grants. So take the word ‘defensive’ here with a grain of salt. But, positioning myself as someone who wishes to celebrate and elevate intersectionality, while examining my bias, is another blog entirely. This is more Read more…

By Megan Mimiaga, ago

Working Title: Thoughts on Sharing Our Works in Progress

As a recovering perfectionist, I am the first to admit that I am terrified of sharing anything that doesn’t feel completely finished and ready for presentation and scrutiny. As a creative, I am the first to admit that holding myself to this kind of standard is crippling and unproductive. Now that I can neither have nor eat my cake, throw a strict, red ink deadline into the mix. Or worse, give me a self-assigned creative Read more…

By Christina Brown, ago