Genre Archive

Interviews

Issue 22: Winter/Spring 2023

How to be in the World: An Interview with Allison Cobb

December 3, 2022/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2023 / Interviewed by Ashlee Laielli

Emotion at the Forefront of Storytelling: An Interview with Morgan Talty

December 2, 2022/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2023 / Interviewed by Liz Iversen

Issue 21: Summer/Fall 2022

Giving Voice to the Neurodivergent: An Interview with SchiZotypal Experientialist Poet Jake Bailey

June 5, 2022/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2022 / Interviewed by Christine Waloszczyk

Connecting the Dots of Silence: An Interview with Roberto Lovato

June 4, 2022/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2022 / Interviewed by Kevin Cummins

Pulled Out of a Hat: An Interview with Ceilidh Michelle

June 3, 2022/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2022 / Interviewed by Kevin Cummins

Self-Exploration Rather Than Explanation: An Interview with Meredith Talusan

June 1, 2022/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2022 / Interviewed by Kirby Chen Mages

Being With What Is: An Interview with Marco Wilkinson

May 1, 2022/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2022 / Interviewed by Ashlee Laielli

Issue 20: Winter/Spring 2022

The Stories We Inherit: An Interview with Crystal Hana Kim

December 3, 2021/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2022 / Interviewed by Pallavi Dhawan

How to Keep Writing: An Interview with Lisa Locascio Nighthawk

December 2, 2021/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2022 / Interviewed by Kevin Cummins

The Ethics Around Writing in the Voice of Another: An Interview with Paisley Rekdal

December 1, 2021/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2022 / Interviewed by Barbara Platts

Poetry as Protest: An Interview with Sally Wen Mao

November 30, 2021/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2022 / Interviewed by Kirby Chen Mages

Issue 19: Summer/Fall 2021

Publicity, Inclusivity, and Parasite: An Interview with Laura Buccieri

June 12, 2021/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2021 / Interviewed by Nicholas Galvez

On Publishing with a Small Press: An Interview with Elizabeth DeMeo

June 10, 2021/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2021 / Interviewed by Erica Colón

On Writing, Politics, and Imposter Syndrome: An Interview with Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman

June 9, 2021/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2021 / Interviewed by Erica Colón

Agencies, Crosswords, and Diversity In Publishing: An Interview with Julia Kardon

June 7, 2021/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2021 / Interviewed by Nicholas Galvez

Family, Trauma, and Life as Writers: An Interview with Kate Maruyama and Andromeda Romano-Lax

June 7, 2021/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2021 / Interviewed by Nicholas Galvez

Everybody is a Storyteller: an Interview with Rachel Zucker

June 5, 2021/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2021 / Interviewed by Barbara Platts

Issue 18: Winter/Spring 2021

Question the Boundaries of Your Compassion: An Interview with Anna Badkhen

December 7, 2020/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2021 / Interviewed by Barbara Platts

Be Prepared to Let the Writing Go: An Interview with Shonda Buchanan

December 6, 2020/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2021 / Interviewed by Regan Humphrey

Keep Your Momentum: An Interview with Elise Capron

December 4, 2020/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2021 / Interviewed by Janet Rodriguez

Just Go with It: An Interview with Jose Hernandez Diaz

December 3, 2020/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2021 / Interviewed by Barbara Platts

Self-Celebration Transforms You: An Interview with Reyna Grande

December 2, 2020/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2021 / Interviewed by Janet Rodriguez

Can There Be Justice?: An Interview with Casandra López

December 2, 2020/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2021 / Interviewed by RaeJeana Brooks

One Long Poem to New York and the Universe: An Interview with Tommy Pico

December 1, 2020/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2021 / Interviewed by Regan Humphrey

Issue 17: Summer/Fall 2020

Jen Brody and Jules Rivera, Authors

June 13, 2020/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2020 / Interviewed by Adrien Kade Sdao

Victoria Chang, Author, Poet, MFA Program Chair

June 12, 2020/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2020 / Interviewed by Janet Rodriguez

Alexander Chee, Author

June 11, 2020/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2020 / Interviewed by Michael Sellar

Genevieve Hudson, Author

June 10, 2020/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2020 / Interviewed by Louise Rozett

Ilya Kaminsky, Author

June 9, 2020/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2020 / Interviewed by Janet Rodriguez

Katelyn Keating, Writer, Editor, Publisher

June 8, 2020/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2020 / Interviewed by Barbara Platts

Aditi Khorana, Author

June 7, 2020/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2020 / Interviewed by Louise Rozett

Aminah Mae Safi, Author

June 6, 2020/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2020 / Interviewed by Regan Humphrey

Esmé Weijun Wang, Author

June 5, 2020/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2020 / Interviewed by Janet Rodriguez

Issue 16: Winter/Spring 2020

Lilliam Rivera, Author

December 2, 2019/in Interviews, Winter-Spring 2020 / Interviewed by Sara Voigt

Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Author

December 2, 2019/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2020 / Interviewed by Liz Netto

Sarah Manguso, Author

December 2, 2019/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2020 / Interviewed by Liz Netto

Isha Sesay, Journalist and Author

December 2, 2019/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2020 / Interviewed by Janet Rodriguez

David Groff, Editor

December 2, 2019/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2020 / Interviewed by Buffy Visick

Jaswinder Bolina, Poet and Essayist

December 2, 2019/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2020 / Interviewed by Barbara Fant

R.O. Kwon, Author

December 2, 2019/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2020 / Interviewed by Alexis McCadney

Maggie Smith, Poet

December 2, 2019/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2020 / Interviewed by Ale Cruz

Blas Falconer, Poet

November 30, 2019/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2020 / Interviewed by Regan Humphrey

Issue 15: Summer/Fall 2019

Issac Bailey, Author

May 31, 2019/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2019 / Interviewed by Diane Gottlieb

Naima Coster, Author

May 28, 2019/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2019 / Interviewed by Andrea Auten

Christoper Castellani, Author

May 27, 2019/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2019 / Interviewed by Janet Rodriguez

Natashia Deón, Author

May 26, 2019/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2019 / Interviewed by A.D. Lowman

Isaac Fitzgerald, Editor, Essayist

May 24, 2019/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2019 / Interviewed by April Brucker

Vandana Khanna, Poet

May 23, 2019/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2019 / Interviewed by Amanda Lopez

Ada Limón, Author, Poet

May 22, 2019/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2019 / Interviewed by Jordan Nakamura

Rodolfo Montalvo, Author, Illustrator

May 21, 2019/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2019 / Interviewed by Adrien Sdao

Bich Minh Nguyen, Author

May 13, 2019/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2019 / Interviewed by Gabriella Souza

Issue 14: Winter/Spring 2019

Ben Loory, Author

November 23, 2018/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2019 / Interviewed by Andrea Auten

Jeff Shotts, Editor

November 23, 2018/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2019 / Interviewed by Barbara Fant

Khadijah Queen, Author, Poet

November 23, 2018/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2019 / Interviewed by Jordan Nakamura

David Ulin, Author, Critic, Editor

November 23, 2018/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2019 / Interviewed by Yvonne de la Cruz Sánchez

Francesca Lia Block, Author

November 23, 2018/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2019 / Interviewed by Adrien Kade Sdao

Issue 13: Summer/Fall 2018

Alistair McCartney, Author

May 29, 2018/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2018 / Interviewed by Andrea Auten

Juan Felipe Herrera, Author

May 29, 2018/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2018 / Interviewed by Jennifer Mahoney

Siel Ju, Author

May 29, 2018/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2018 / Interviewed by Kori Kessler

Tony Lewis, Jr., Author

May 29, 2018/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2018 / Interviewed by Shaneka Jones Cook

Issue 12: Winter/Spring 2018

Cecil Castellucci, Author

November 24, 2017/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2018 / Interviewed by Jennifer Mahoney

Lisa Dickey, Author & Ghostwriter

November 23, 2017/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2018 / Interviewed by Judy Gitterman

Eloise Klein Healy, Poet

November 22, 2017/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2018 / Interviewed by Jessica Abughattas

Joe Ide, Author

November 18, 2017/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2018 / Interviewed by Andre Hardy

Ashaki Jackson, Poet

November 15, 2017/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2018 / Interviewed by Shaneka Jones Cook

Issue 11: Summer/Fall 2017

Matt de la Peña, Author

May 24, 2017/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2017 / Interviewed by Kim Sabin

Natashia Deón, Author

May 23, 2017/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2017 / Interviewed by Judy Gitterman

Katrina Dodson, Author & Translator

May 22, 2017/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2017 / Interviewed by Lauren Kinney

Dara Hyde, Literary Agent

May 21, 2017/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2017 / Interviewed by Emma Margraf

Tara Ison, Author

May 20, 2017/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2017 / Interviewed by Melissa Benton Barker

Fady Joudah, Poet

May 19, 2017/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2017 / Interviewed by Doni Shepard

Geeta Kothari, Author

May 18, 2017/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2017 / Interviewed by Meredith Arena

Andromeda Romano-Lax, Author

May 9, 2017/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2017 / Interviewed by Shaneka Jones Cook

Issue 10: Winter/Spring 2017

Harry Dodge, Artist

November 25, 2016/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2017 / by Carrie Kellerby

Tananarive Due, Author

November 24, 2016/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2017 / by Kate Maruyama

Michael Jaime-Becerra, Author

November 23, 2016/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2017 / by Sherrye Henry Jr.

Todd Mitchell on Graphic Narratives: The Frontier of Visual Storytelling

November 22, 2016/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2017 / by Katy Avila

Fred Moten, Poet

November 21, 2016/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2017 / by Doni Shepard

Susan Southard, Author

November 20, 2016/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2017 / by Emma Margarf

Ana Maria Spagna, Author

November 19, 2016/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2017 / by Haley Isleib

Donald Strauss, Urban Sustainability Activist

November 17, 2016/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2017 / by Meredith Arena

Doug Unger, Author and Activist

November 16, 2016/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2017 / by Juliann Allison

Sarah Van Arsdale, Author

November 14, 2016/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2017 / by Melissa Benton Barker

Issue 9: Summer/Fall 2016

Jimmy Santiago Baca, Author

May 7, 2016/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2016 / by Rochelle Newman-Carrasco

Stephen Chbosky, Author

May 6, 2016/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2016 / by Lyndsay Hall

Nina Revoyr, Author

May 5, 2016/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2016 / by Carrie Kellerby

Lois Dodd, Painter

May 5, 2016/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2016 / by Ron Burch

Vu Tran, Author

May 4, 2016/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2016 / by Sam Williams

Stories about Bodies: Narrative Medicine with Emily Rapp Black, Juliet McMullin, & Phillip Mitchell

May 3, 2016/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2016 / by Katy Avila

Issue 8: Winter/Spring 2016

Elise Capron, Literary Agent

December 6, 2015/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2016 / Interviewed by Tai Farnsworth

Lynell George, Journalist and Essayist

December 5, 2015/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2016 / Interviewed by Rochelle Newman

Richard Russo, Author

December 4, 2015/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2016 / Interviewed by Erin Schwartz

Sonya Sones, Author

December 3, 2015/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2016 / Interviewed by Roz Weisberg

Matthew Zapruder, Poet

December 1, 2015/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2016 / Interviewed by José Hernández Díaz

Issue 7: Summer/Fall 2015

Nick Flynn, Author

May 30, 2015/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2015 / interviewed by Sarah Miller Freehauf

Allison Joseph, Poet

May 29, 2015/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2015 / interviewed by Kiandra Jimenez

Kerry Madden-Lunsford, Author

May 28, 2015/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2015 / interviewed by Lisa Trahan

Susan Straight, Author

May 27, 2015/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2015 / interviewed by Diana Greenwood

Issue 6: Winter/Spring 2015

Blas Falconer, Poet

December 4, 2014/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2015 / Interviewed by Rochelle Newman

Janet Fitch, Author

December 3, 2014/in Interviews, Winter-Spring 2015 / Interviewed by Tai Farnsworth

Dana Gioia, Poet

December 2, 2014/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2015 / Interviewed by Michael Passafiume

Jill Marr, Literary Agent

December 1, 2014/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2015 / Interviewed by David Bumpus

Anne Ursu, Author

November 30, 2014/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2015 / Interviewed by Lisa Trahan

Issue 5: Summer/Fall 2014

Lev Grossman, Author

June 4, 2014/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2014 / Interviewed by David A. Napier

Cosme Cordova, Artist and Community Arts Organizer

June 3, 2014/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2014 / Interviewed by Kiandra Jimenez

Elizabeth Earley, Author

June 2, 2014/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2014 / Interviewed by Ashley Perez

Douglas Kearney, Poet

June 1, 2014/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2014 / Interviewed by Candace Butler

D. J. Waldie, Author

May 31, 2014/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2014 / Interviewed by Jennifer McCharen

Issue 4: Winter/Spring 2014

Emily Rapp, Author

November 28, 2013/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2014 / Interviewed by Cynthia Rosi

Camille T. Dungy, Poet

November 27, 2013/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2014 / Interviewed by Candace Butler

Mary Gordon, Author

November 26, 2013/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2014 / Interviewed by Cheryl Wheelright

Patrick O’Neil, Author and Filmmaker

November 25, 2013/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2014 / Interviewed by Ashley Perez

Wendy C. Ortiz, Author

November 24, 2013/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2014 / Interviewed by Karly Little

Luis J. Rodriguez, Author

November 23, 2013/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2014 / Interviewed by Jamie Moore

Dan Smetanka, Editor

November 22, 2013/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2014 / Interviewed by Lise Quintana

Issue 3: Summer/Fall 2013

Peter Riva, Literary Agent

May 25, 2013/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2013 / Interviewed by Lise Quintana

Kazim Ali, Poet

May 24, 2013/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2013 / Interviewed by Kolleen Carney, with Michael Passafiume

MANDEM (Maize Arendsee and Moco Steinman-Arendsee), Collaborative Artists

May 23, 2013/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2013 / Interviewed by Ashley Perez and Audrey Mandelbaum

Lin Oliver, Children’s Book Author

May 23, 2013/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2013 / Interviewed by Helen Akers

Susan Orlean, Author

May 22, 2013/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2013 / Interviewed by Rachael Warecki

Gary Phillips, Crime Fiction Author

May 20, 2013/in Interviews, Interviews, Summer-Fall 2013 / Interviewed by Robert Morgan Fisher

Issue 2: Winter/Spring 2013

Jillian Lauren, Author and Memoirist

November 28, 2012/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2013 / Interviewed by Lise Quintana

Aimee Bender, Author

November 27, 2012/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2013 / Interview by Kathleen Whitney Rohr

Greg Neri, Young Adult Author and Poet

November 26, 2012/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2013 / Interviewed by Kristen Schroer

Arthur Sze, Poet

November 25, 2012/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2013 / Interviewed by Janice Ko Luo and José Hernandez Diaz

David L. Ulin, Author and Los Angeles Times book critic

November 24, 2012/in Interviews, Interviews, Winter-Spring 2013 / Interviewed by Wendy Fontaine

Issue 1: Spring 2012

Natasha Trethewey, United States Poet Laureate

May 29, 2012/in Interviews, Interviews, Spring 2012 / interviewed by Daniel Reinhold

Gregory Boyle, Author and Activist

May 27, 2012/in Interviews, Interviews, Spring 2012 / interviewed by John Paulett

Rick Moody, Author

May 10, 2012/in Interviews, Interviews, Spring 2012 / interviewed by Robert Egan

Francesca Lia Block, Author

April 25, 2012/in Interviews, Interviews, Spring 2012 / interviewed by Yolanda Bridges

Friday Lunch Blog

Friday Lunch! A serving of contemporary essays published the second Friday of every month.

Today’s course:

Glitch Wisdom

May 12, 2023/in Blog / KJ McCoy

Lessons on Getting Paid: My First Year as a Freelance Writer

April 14, 2023/in Blog / EJ Saunders

How to Kill a Cat, or How to Prepare for CATastrophe

March 10, 2023/in Blog / Meghan McGuire

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Midnight Snack

Take a bite out of these late night obsessions.

Tonight’s bites:

The Secret Histories of Everywhere

June 2, 2023/in Midnight Snack / Brian Lynn

Into the Linguistic Rabbit Hole

May 5, 2023/in Midnight Snack / paparouna

Dancing into Detachment

April 7, 2023/in Midnight Snack / Robert Kirwin

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Amuse-Bouche

Little bites every third Friday to whet your appetite!

Today’s plate:

LitDish: Ten Questions With Isabel Quintero

May 26, 2023/in Amuse-Bouche / Interviewed by Gail Vannelli

Chop Day

May 19, 2023/in Amuse-Bouche / Hannah Felt Garner

Litdish: Ten Questions With David A. Robertson

April 28, 2023/in Amuse-Bouche / Interviewed by Gail Vannelli

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School Lunch

An occasional Wednesday series dishing up today’s best youth writers.

Today’s slice:

I’ve Stayed in the Front Yard

May 12, 2021/in School Lunch, School Lunch 2021 / Brendan Nurczyk

A Communal Announcement

April 28, 2021/in School Lunch, School Lunch 2021 / Isabella Dail

Seventeen

April 14, 2021/in School Lunch, School Lunch 2021 / Abigail E. Calimaran

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