Interview: For Every Year There Is Crispin Best
In today’s jmww blog, Dave Erlewine talks with Crispin Best, author of the blog project “For Every Year”, about constructive criticism, Don DeLillo, and his blog “We Will All Go […]
Interview: The Divine Details of Heather Hartley
In a tiny book-filled atelier in the 14th Arrondissement, Heather Hartley wrote most of the poems in KNOCK KNOCK (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2010), her debut collection. Across Paris, in […]
ORIGINS: Sheldon Lee Compton
In this “Origins,” Sheldon Lee Compton, editor of the journal Wrong Tree Review, discusses the origins of the story “Pitch Meeting.” In the spring of last year, Robin Stratton was […]
Review: Easter Rabbit by Joseph Young
When Jen Michalski asked me to review Joseph Young’s EASTER RABBIT I jumped at the opportunity as I have been a huge fan of Joe’s writing since I “met” him […]
Interview: Curtis Smith Bares His Teeth
And they aren’t summerteeth, that’s for sure. In today’s jmwwblog, flash fiction editor Dave Erlewine talks to Curtis Smith about Wilco, writing flash versus short stories, and fatherhood, among other […]
Interview: Scott McClanahan’s Bell Bottoms (and Stories, too)
jmww editor Jen Michalski talks with writer Scott McClanahan about his latest collection, Stories II (Six Gallery Press, 2009), communion crackers, men named Issac, and bell bottoms. Scott may or […]
ORIGINS: “Still Life With Poppies” by Laura van den Berg
In this “Origins,” Laura van den Berg, author of the acclaimed debut collection What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us (Dzanc Books, 2009), discusses the […]
Girly Men
Hmm, have at it boys (and girls): What do you think of Kate Roiphe’s essay “The Naked and the Conflicted” in last week’s New York Times? Here is a taste […]
The Victorious History of Caleb Ross
David Erlewine talks with Outsider Writer Caleb Ross about his new chapbook, “Charactered Pieces” (Outsider Writers Collective, 2009), about fatherhood, the mighty man George Brett, and how to get into […]
Interview: Emily Peterson Crespo
jmww contributor Ashlie Kauffman interviews Baltimore poet Emily Peterson Crespo, co-founder (with husband Baltimore writer Joseph Crespo) of Follow the Buffalo writing workshop, about various influences on her writing process […]
