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Raki Kopernik

Raki Kopernik
Courtesy of Raki Kopernik

RAKI KOPERNIK is a first generation American, queer, Jewish writer. She is the author of The Things You Left and The Memory House, both Minnesota Book Award finalists. Her work has appeared in numerous publications and has been shortlisted and nominated for several other awards, including the Pushcart Prize for Fiction and the Pen Faulkner Award in Fiction. Her queer travel novel, No One’s Leaving, is forthcoming from Unsolicited Press in 2025. She is a fiction editor at MAYDAY Magazine and an adjunct creative writing teacher at The Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

You can find her here and follow on Instagram @rakikopernik

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

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

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

Our Small Faces by Jamie Moore Reviewed
by Raki Kopernik

June 7, 2021 Contributed By: Raki Kopernik

Our Small Faces on Red Background

This is a story about friendship: the way it changes as we discover sexuality and as we begin to understand the way our bodies are seen in the world in all of its forms.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Featured Reviews, Fiction, Reviews Posted On: June 7, 2021

Lilly Dancyger Interview by Raki Kopernik: Jewish Women Writers

May 19, 2021 Contributed By: Raki Kopernik

Lilly Dancyger

Lilly Dancyger is the author of Negative Space, a reported and illustrated memoir selected by Carmen Maria Machado as a winner of the Santa Fe Writers Project Literary Awards. She is also the editor of Burn It Down, an anthology of essays on women’s anger. Find her on Twitter at @lillydancyger. This interview has been edited for brevity […]

Filed Under: Featured Interviews, Fiction, Interviews Posted On: May 19, 2021

Sam Cohen Interviewed by Raki Kopernik: Queer Jewish Writers

February 11, 2021 Contributed By: Raki Kopernik

Sam Cohen

In Sarahland, a collection of stories woven together by characters named Sarah, Sam Cohen brilliantly and often hilariously explores the ways in which traditional stories have failed us. The cast of Sarahs finds ways to love the planet and those inhabiting it, and they discover new possibilities for life itself. In each Sarah’s refusal to adhere […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Interviews Posted On: February 11, 2021

Interview with Novelist Miriam McNamara
by Raki Kopernik

November 23, 2020 Contributed By: Raki Kopernik

Miriam McNamara

Miriam McNamara was born in Ireland, raised in the Southern United States, and now lives in the Midwest. She has an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is the author of two queer young adult historical novels. Her debut, The Unbinding of Mary Reade, was released in 2018 by Sky Pony […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Interviews Posted On: November 23, 2020

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