Interviews
Interviews,
Wading Through Identity: Tracing lineage in Saúl Hernández’s poetry in How to Kill a Goat and Other Monsters
Writing about lineage means untangling, not only your experiences, but the experiences of the generations before.
Interviews,
“Exit Wounds”: Discussing the Trajectory of Mandy Shunnarah’s Poetry in We Had Mansions
I kept coming back to this idea of exit wounds, both as a literal trajectory through my father’s skull and metaphorically as in what it means for the people who are left behind.
Interviews,
Traditional, Indie, Hybrid, and Self-Publishing: A Conversation with Kate St. Clair
You don’t need permission to be an author. There are a thousand ways to connect to readers, which is the important thing.
Interviews,
Writing Without Permission: Ashley Winstead on Genre, Grief, and Imagination
Writing in different genres is like trying on different outfits and trying to figure out what’s you and what’s not.
Interviews,
Writing Across Borders, Speaking Across Generations: A Conversation with Liliana Valenzuela
It’s a rich practice to work across languages and cultures that involves all your tentacles, this culture and that culture, this language and that language, that creates complex, multilayered work.
Interviews,
Are You Listening? : A Study of Enyinna Nnabuihe’s The Anatomy of a Boy Who Never Became a Man
Language, then, is sanctified yet secular—capable of building and breaking, liberating and limiting in equal measure.
Interviews,
I’m Either Drowning or Swimming: A Conversation with Spoken Word Artist Ebony Stewart
There was once a girl who overwatered her plants because she didn’t know when to stop giving.
Interviews,
On Centering Connectivity: A Conversation with Amanda Johnston
I should not be writing, or creating, with the audience’s comfort or expectation in mind.