A Certain Empowerment: An Interview with Jaime Cortez by Swetha Amit
We have a certain kind of empowerment that our parents didn’t as they didn’t speak the language or understand the culture.
Category Archives: Interviews
A Heart Wide Open: An Interview with Nicholas Montemarano by Curtis Smith
It was most important to tell my family’s story—the story of one life lost to the pandemic.
Intimations of Mortality: An Interview with Christopher Nelson by Sherif Abdelkarim
I subscribe to the notion that a poem should ask difficult questions, whether or not it can answer them.
The Essence of Tommy Dean: An interview by Curtis Smith
Compression calls for a unique way of creating stories that don’t always follow traditional plots and story arcs.
Let the Dead In: An Interview with Saida Agostini by Kali Butcher
There’s not a lot of places where we just get to be who we are.
Surgical Precision: An Interview with Jayne Martin by Naomi Ulsted
My writing is always heavily influenced by whatever I’m reading at the time so I push myself to “read above my grade level” in order to grow as a writer.
Good Bones: An Interview with Laura Ellen Scott by Jen Michalski
The minimalism I was trained in is insufficient for the kinds of stories we need to tell today.
Personal Best: An Interview with Pamela Erens by Curtis Smith
I thought that authors writing in a personal way about a formative work of literature was a great idea.
The Experience of Reading: An Interview with Robin Black by Curtis Smith
Wisdom is only true wisdom when it isn’t merely a reassuring echo of one’s own views.
The Damage Done: An Interview with J.C. Todd by Curtis Smith
responsibility can be a restraint that gives shape to your art, but it also can be a release, enlarging perception, illuminating what had been unseen.
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