Monthly Archives: February 2010
Interview with James Magruder: On Coming of Age, on Coming Out and on Coming to Jesus
Although James Magruder didn’t come to fiction until 2002, his stories have already appeared in literary magazines such as The Gettysburg Review, The Harrington Gay Men’s Fiction Quarterly, Bloom, Subtropics, among others, and in an anthology titled BOY CRAZY. That … Continue reading
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Interview: The Elephants in Michael Czyzniejewski’s Room
In today’s jmwwblog, Flash Fiction editor Dave Erlewine talks with writer and Mid-American Review editor Michael Czyzjienewski about the taste of coffee, writer’s block, the novel on which he’s working, small wives, and rapist bear-trap stories. If you don’t believe … Continue reading
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Interview: Donna Vitucci’s Inner Princess
In today’s jmwwblog, Lauren Becker talked to the prolific, talented writer Donna Vitucci about nuns, the circus and karaoke. Donna, incapable of giving a dull bio, provided the following: When Donna was a little girl, she daydreamed about using a … Continue reading
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ORIGINS: “Space Man” by Kathy Fish
In this ORIGINS, Kathy Fish discusses the origins of her haunting piece, “Space Man,” published in Keyhole Digest. It’s not often that I take on Death in my fiction, but last March, a writer friend of mine died and I … Continue reading
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ORIGINS: “Exodus” by Stephen Graham Jones
“Exodus” was a complete accident. What happened was somebody told me I should hit 5_trope with a story, so I clicked over to their guidelines and–I don’t know if this is still there or not–saw that they really really didn’t … Continue reading
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Interview: The Very Long Short of Laura Ellen Scott
In today’s jmwwblog, jmww flash editor Dave Erlewine talks to Laura Ellen Scott about the Deadwood in their lives, MFA programs and teaching, Scott’s most excellent vsf (very short fiction) online project, and her recently completed novel, SOCIAL AID & … Continue reading
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Interview: What We Know About Mari L’Esperance
Mari L’Esperance was the 2007 winner of the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry for her collection, THE DARKENED TEMPLE (published September 2008). Born in Kobe, Japan, she lives and writes in the San Francisco Bay area. She is a … Continue reading
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