Sharon Bippus
Stories, Flash Fiction, Poetry, and other Creative Adventures
Meet Sharon Bippus
Sharon Bippus is an award winning writer with over 20 publications. Her short story collection, “This Blue Earth,” won the 2023 Michigan Writers chapbook competition in the area of fiction. Judge Thisbe Nissen said, “Sharon Bippus is a writer of extraordinary talent and self-possession.”
This Blue Earth
“What a delight to explore the worlds and characters of these stories! I found myself wanting to read sentences aloud as I came across them, wondrous turns of phrase, perfectly pitched captures of voice, tiny little jokes that made me snort with laughter, followed by lines that just broke my heart in their plainspoken truth and wisdom. This earth is a blue earth—in its oceans and its heartbreak and cloudy nostalgia, and in the blues Callie’s singing for those old River Junction days. I’d follow Callie’s voice across all the red-line interstate miles of the map and beyond! I feel such confidence in these stories and these voices. Sharon Bippus is a writer of extraordinary talent and self-possession.”
The stories in this collection center on women exploring mysteries in their lives: how common experiences can have new meaning, how generations can have connection, and how certain things can never be understood or explained.
Buy Your Copy
Sharon’s award-winning chapbook is now available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and your local bookstore.
Hypertext Magazine Interview
Finding Your Prowess, Feeling Your Worth: An Interview with Sharon Bippus, Michigan Writers Cooperative Press Chapbook Winner
Explore the literary journey of Sharon Bippus as she delves into the art of storytelling, chronicling her award-winning chapbook ‘This Blue Earth’ in an exclusive interview with Hypertext Magazine.
Old Age
I’ve got a thing for writing happy blog posts. In life, I like to think of things that make me smile, small joys in nature, and the common denominators that we all share like loving baby animals or appreciating when someone smiles or waves at us while passing by. But today I’ve decided to move away from that and write about my relationship with my mother, which has never been ideal. I’m at an age when many of my friends have parents that are infirm or growing that way. We[...]
