On the Contrary: An Interview with David Jauss by Curtis Smith
Contradiction is at the heart of successful characters, plots, metaphors, symbols, irony, paradoxes, oxymorons, and synesthesia.
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This is my letter to the World: An Interview with Charles Holdefer by Curtis Smith
Don’t Look at Me is my reading of her. Dickinson is vast.
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.
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.
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.
Flash Fiction: Air Show by Curtis Smith
The boy’s breadth of knowledge concerns his father. The child’s obsessions, his tape-recorder memory.
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.
Human Nature: An Interview with Tyler Barton by Curtis Smith
As I write, I follow the voice of the narrator through these moments and specifics, always paying close attention to the energy of sentences and where they lead.
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