The Creative Independent

2 weeks ago | thecreativeindependent.com | Ruth Madievsky

Prelude Aria Aber Novelist, poet Aria Aber was born and raised in Germany and now lives in the United States. Her debut poetry collection, Hard Damage, won the Prairie Schooner Book Prize and the Whiting Award. She is a former Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford and graduate student at USC, and her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, New Republic, The Yale Review, Granta, and elsewhere. Raised speaking Farsi and German, she writes in her third language, English.

1 month ago | thecreativeindependent.com | Scarlett Harris

Prelude Curtis Sittenfeld Writer Curtis Sittenfeld’s New York Times bestselling books have been translated into thirty languages and twice selected as Reese’s Book Club picks. They include the novels , and , and the story collection . Sittenfeld’s stories have appeared in , and , of which she was the 2020 guest editor. She lives with her family in Minneapolis.

1 month ago | thecreativeindependent.com | Lexi Lane

The Creative Independent New here? Prelude Anna Baumgarten director Anna Baumgarten hails from the Michigan mitten and is a Los Angeles-based Writer/Director/Producer and TV Development Consultant. Anna has been a core development team member at Pietown Productions, Mona Scott-Young’s Monami Entertainment, and Rob Dyrdek’s Superjacket Productions where she developed unscripted content for MTV, Nickelodeon, Vh1, WeTV, BET, CMT, and HGTV.

2 months ago | thecreativeindependent.com | Henry Oliver

Prelude Henry Oliver author Henry Oliver is the author of Second Act. He writes the literary Substack The Common Reader,which has been featured in places like the Atlantic, the Sunday Times, and GQ. Conversation On what it takes to find success later in life Author Henry Oliver discusses the difference between motivation and success, navigating a midlife crisis, and learning from your disagreements April 23, 2025 - As told to Denise S. Robbins, 2393 words.

2 months ago | thecreativeindependent.com | Max Freedman

The Creative Independent New here? Prelude TOKiMONSTA musician, producer, label founder TOKiMONSTA is a Grammy-nominated producer, artist, and label founder. Known for her genre-blending sound and innovative production, her seventh album, Eternal Reverie, explores themes of resilience and joy, capturing the transformative power of music.