A Patchwork of Bobbie Ann Mason: An Interview with Curtis Smith
Genuine flash must be hard as diamonds, warm as poetry.
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Category Archives: Interviews
The Theory of Salvatore Pane: An Interview with Curt Smith
I found myself drawn to the idea of taking these big, comic book concepts and applying them to a quiet story about loss and the poison of nostalgia.
A Certain Place in the World: An Interview with Jen Hirt (by Curtis Smith)
Poetry and creative nonfiction are both about associations.
Running Wild: An Interview with Lisa Diane Kastner by Curt Smith
The world has so many great stories, and to limit the tales based on what readers may want, instead of offering them fresh slices of life through story, is a huge mistake.
Small Gestures: An Interview with Sherrie Flick (by Curtis Smith)
The tiniest detail is part of the bigger structure and goals for the story, always.
The Hunt: An Interview with Robert Scotellaro (by Curtis Smith)
What was most exhilarating for me, editing this book, was “the hunt,” discovering a new author or story that took me to a fresh place.
Word to Word: An Interview with Meg Pokrass by Curtis Smith
I try to write something new at least 3 to 5 times a week, and I tell myself that it doesn’t have to be good.
Failing Better: An Interview with John McNally by Curtis Smith
Everything I write is part of a life-long continuum of work that informs each other, and if I look at something I’m working now, I’ll see its origin in something I was thinking about maybe twenty or thirty years ago.
I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times: An Interview with Marc Schuster by Curtis Smith
Listening to the Beach Boys can be like sneaking a peak into a mythological, idealized version of America that probably never existed
You Can Never Leave Home Again: An Interview with Rafael Alvarez by Nathan Leslie
For every 1,000 word story I filed on some aspect of the city, there were 15 pages of notes that didn’t make it into the article. From those marginal observations have sprung a lot of my fiction.
