Genre Archive

Interviews

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

Amuse-Bouche

Little bites every Monday to whet your appetite!

Today’s Plate:

Spotlight: Art of Definism

January 20, 2020/in Amuse-Bouche, Amuse-Bouche 2020 /Darrell Black

Litdish: Ashley Lumpkin, Poet

January 12, 2020/in Amuse-Bouche, Amuse-Bouche 2019 /Molly Ashline

Spotlight: Trace of Nicotine

January 7, 2020/in Amuse-Bouche, Amuse-Bouche 2020 /Dakota Chisum

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School Lunch

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

Today’s Slice:

School Lunch: Time Zones

January 8, 2020/in School Lunch, School Lunch 2020 /by Quinn Christensen

Girlhood

December 25, 2019/in School Lunch, School Lunch 2019 /Lydia Wei

Spotlight: Nightingale and Nature

December 11, 2019/in School Lunch, School Lunch 2019 /Ujjwal Sagar

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Friday Lunch Blog

Friday Lunch! A serving of contemporary essays published every Friday

Today’s Course:

My Quest For Magnetism

January 16, 2020/in Blog /Lisa Croce

Fire-Swallowing, Love Letters, and Other Dances with Death

December 27, 2019/in Blog, Blog, Winter-Spring 2020 /Regan Humphrey

Shields Up, Red Alert, Incoming Climate Change

December 20, 2019/in Blog /Stephanie Teasley

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Word from the Editor

Our stories can be difficult, sometimes impossible, to tell. In her essay “Alone in Company,” Chelsea Bayouth reflects on the role of an artist at the end of 2018: “For me, it is to fear that every word or image is a window into public, political, and social tumult. It means you have to be more vulnerable than you or anyone in times previous has ever been.” If we continue to write, to paint, to dance, to show up for ourselves and our art every day, we might find that our work transcends ambiguity and discomfort to reveal a greater insight into ourselves, and if we are lucky, into the world.

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