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Queer Writers in Memoir:
Casey Parks interviewed by Raki Kopernik

April 13, 2023 Contributed By: Casey Parks, Raki Kopernik

Casey Parks sitting in brown leather chair with light denim jacket and glasses.

This interview has been edited for brevity and clarity. About Casey Parks’s new book, Diary of a Misfit: When Casey Parks came out as a lesbian in college back in 2002, she assumed her life in the South was over. Her mother shunned her, and her pastor asked God to kill her. But then Parks’s […]

Filed Under: Featured Interviews, Interviews Posted On: April 13, 2023

MAYDAY “Editors’ Choice Award” Interview with Winning Micro Chapbook Author Ja’net Danielo

November 21, 2022 Contributed By: Emilee Kinney, Ja'net Danielo, Kari Teicher, Katherine Fallon, Trinh Mai

An interview with the winning Micro Chapbook author Ja’net Danielo on the inspiration and process behind This Body I Have Tried to Write: “With these poems, I very much wanted to convey that illness, disability, loss, and grief are not physical and emotional circumstances that happen to a body but are ever-evolving processes held within the body.”

Filed Under: Featured Poetry, Interviews, Poetry Posted On: November 21, 2022

Q&A with Novelist, Memoirist, and Nonfiction Contest Judge
Darin Strauss by Elliott Bueler

September 26, 2022 Contributed By: Darin Strauss, Elliott Bueler

Darin Strauss headshot

“Memoir is not quite a record of a life; it’s a record of your memory about some part or parts of your life.”

Filed Under: Featured Nonfiction, Interviews, Nonfiction Posted On: September 26, 2022

Queer Fiction Writers:
Lydia Conklin Interviewed by Raki Kopernik

June 10, 2022 Contributed By: Lydia Conklin, Raki Kopernik

Lydia Conklin headshot

In this delightful collection of prize-winning stories, queer, gender-nonconforming, and trans characters struggle to find love and forgiveness, despite their sometimes comic, sometimes tragic mistakes. With insight and compassion, debut author Conklin reveals both the dark and lovable sides of their characters, resulting in stories that make you laugh and wince, sometimes at the same time.

Filed Under: Featured Fiction, Featured Interviews, Fiction, Interviews Posted On: June 10, 2022

Comprehension, If Not Closure: A Conversation with Riley Redgate
by Nathan Winer

May 19, 2022 Contributed By: Nathan Winer, Riley Redgate

Riley Redgate headshot

Learning to separate your own interests away from those feelings of, “I should be more like this, I should be more like that”—that’s going to be valuable forever. And not just in writing.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Featured Fiction, Featured Interviews, Fiction, Interviews Posted On: May 19, 2022

Minnesota Women Writers in Short Fiction:
Darci Schummer interviewed by Raki Kopernik

November 24, 2021 Contributed By: Darci Schummer, Raki Kopernik

Darci Schummer Head Shot

Raw talent is not necessarily a predictor of success. However, engaging regularly in your practice, listening openly to critiques of your work, and not allowing rejection to deter you will all help you succeed.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Featured Fiction, Featured Interviews, Fiction, Interviews Posted On: November 24, 2021

Underwater Storytelling
an Interview with Kelly Gray and Meredith Johnson 

November 11, 2021 Contributed By: Katherine Fallon, Kelly Gray, Meredith Johnson

Kelly Gray Headshot

In thinking about privacy, I try to be brave with a small dose of disassociation thrown in for good measure.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Featured Interviews, Interviews, Poetry Posted On: November 11, 2021

A Conversation with Quan Barry
by Nathan Winer

October 4, 2021 Contributed By: Nathan Winer, Quan Barry

Quan Barry Photo

“There’s a… freedom allowed you in poetry. And I trust that, even if I can’t explain it. It bleeds into my fiction, in many ways.”

Filed Under: Featured Content, Featured Fiction, Featured Interviews, Fiction, Interviews Posted On: October 4, 2021

An interview with Eric Boyd
by Kirk Sever

September 23, 2021 Contributed By: Eric Boyd, Kirk Sever

Eric Boyd

“I find a lot of comfort in nihilism.” Eric Boyd on David Bowie, black and white films, and the end of the world.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Featured Fiction, Featured Interviews, Fiction, Interviews Posted On: September 23, 2021

Stories Refresh the American Language:
An Interview with John Freeman
by Cal Shook

September 8, 2021 Contributed By: Cal Shook, John Freeman

I grew up reading short stories by writers from the 1950s and 1960s and loving them: Eudora Welty, James Baldwin, J.D. Salinger.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Featured Fiction, Featured Interviews, Fiction, Interviews Posted On: September 8, 2021

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