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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

Spitting Image: An Interview with Heather C. Sweeney 
by Katherine Fallon

August 30, 2021 Contributed By: Heather Sweeney, Katherine Fallon

Heather Sweeney Headshot

It’s more of a multifaceted imagined “I,” not just me speaking to one person. It’s thinking about my multiple selves and how we contain all these layers and perform different “I”s in this world.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Featured Interviews, Interviews, Poetry Posted On: August 30, 2021

Articulating the Inarticulable: An Interview with Kayleb Rae Candrilli on their latest collection Water I Won’t Touch
by Robin Gow

August 23, 2021 Contributed By: Kayleb Candrilli, Robin Gow

Water I Won't Touch

I want to find ways to connect what maybe seems unrelated, until they are tied inexorably in the world of the poem or the book.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Featured Interviews, Interviews, Poetry Posted On: August 23, 2021

Women Writers in Indie Publishing:
Alissa Hattman Interviewed by Raki Kopernik

July 21, 2021 Contributed By: Alissa Hattman, Raki Kopernik

Alissa Hattman Headshot

Share your work and allow yourself to be vulnerable, risking something on every page.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Featured Interviews, Interviews Posted On: July 21, 2021

An Interview with Dramatist Diana Burbano
by Janis Butler Holm

July 15, 2021 Contributed By: Diana Burbano, Janis Butler Holm

Diana Burbano

I am passionate about allowing people to exist where they are instead of trying to make them fit into boxes.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Featured Interviews, Interviews Posted On: July 15, 2021

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