Claire Polders

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    Fractured Lit

    July 23, 2022 /
    Woman of the Hour

    I am grateful to the editors of Fractured Lit for publishing my story "Woman of the Hour."

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  • Frida Kahlo Museum
    Wander, Wonder, Write

    The Frida Kahlo Museum

    Mexico City is known for its art museums and in the month I was there, I visited many. My favorite was the Frida Kahlo Museum housed in La Casa Azul.

  • wigleaf
    On Writing,  Publications

    Wigleaf & Past Ten

    I'm proud to present two new publications this month: a flash fiction in Wigleaf and an essay in Past Ten.

  • Mazunte
    Wander, Wonder, Write

    Mazunte, Mexico

    Crashing waves, frangipani, crabs, ceviches, mosquitos, sunsets, scorpions, mangoes, black volcanic sand, full moons, iguanas, hammocks, and cyclones: Mazunte has it all.

  • Fragile Saints
    Reading Recommendations

    Fragile Saints

    Claire Ibarra’s Fragile Saints is a captivating novel about heritage and injustices of the past that will take you to Peru.

  • Judging Stories
    Author Events,  On Writing

    What I Learn from Reading 

    I’m reading stories this week for the American Library of Paris’s Young Author Fiction Festival. It’s the fourth time I’m a judge for this writing contest. From twenty-six short stories by authors aged eleven to twelve, I am to select…

  • End of the World House
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    End of the World House

    What lines of communication might reveal themselves to us when the world comes to an end? How will we navigate our alternative lives if such lives are rendered possible? Can intimacies survive a separation in time and space? Such were…

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About Me

  • ‣ Born in: the Netherlands
  • ‣ Currently in: Isla Mujeres, Mexico
  • ‣ Arrived from: Puebla, Mexico
  • ‣ Next destination: Los Angeles, USA
  • ‣ Writing online since: 2005
  • ‣ Novels Published: 5
  • ‣ Current projects: a memoir on elder abuse, a speculative novel for adults, two short prose collections, and a ghost story for younger readers

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