The Flow of Fiction: An Interview with Sion Dayson by Ruut DeMeo
So often, I’m surprised by what appears on the page. Fiction is a vehicle for fostering empathy.
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Radical Empathy: An Interview with Aaron Hamburger by Ruut DeMeo
As artists, we will never know the full extent to which our work has affected others. But I would ask this, if you could change just one person’s life, wouldn’t it be worth it? And if that person is just you, the artist, aren’t you worth it?
Gone Awry: An Interview with Lee Ann Roripaugh by Curtis Smith
Most of the concrete details incorporated in the poems are factually true, even though many of the characters/voices I’ve created are fictional and the comic book landscape of monsters, supervillains, and superheroes is frequently fantastic.
Emergence: An Interview with Lee Conell by Madison Brown
Every story begins somewhere different for me, which means I often have to be alert to what pulls me in.
The Archaeology of Writing: An Interview with Elizabeth Mosier by Curtis Smith
Every writer has to find perspective on—and an appropriate position in—the narrative they want to recount.
Constant Surprises: An Interview with Courtney Zoffness by Brian DiNuzzo
Who the hell knows what we will do in our lives?
Being Seen: An Interview with Tyler Barton by Curtis Smith
I think the stories reflect the purpose for which they were written, which was: to be read aloud to a room full of other writers at a community open mic.
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.
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.
