A scientist and a writer, Andrea Rothman knows more than a thing or two about smell. She was a postdoctoral fellow and research associate at the Rockefeller University in New York, where she won two individual grants from the National Institute of Health to study the neurobiology of olfaction. She went on to earn… Continue reading Labs, Love, and the Sweet Iron Odor of a Sheared Lawn: An Interview with Andrea Rothman
by Cameron Finch
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Labs, Love, and the Sweet Iron Odor of a Sheared Lawn: An Interview with Andrea Rothman
For Folk’s Sake: In Brief with GennaRose Nethercott
by Desmond Peeples
Shapeshifting is my ultimate obsession in storytelling. Because as we all know, change is unyielding and constant. It never sleeps. Shapeshifting stories allow this truth to manifest literally—so ultimately, transformation is ever-present in lore because it is ever-present in life.
Ruben Quesada Talks Poetry, Translation, and Neck Tattoos
by Blake Z. Rong
On the right side of his neck, just below his ear, poet and professor Ruben Quesada has a tattoo of the Chinese character 晨, set within a thick black circle, which he tells me means, “early light.” Quesada was born on an early morning in a late summer day, in August in the 1970s. “I… Continue reading Ruben Quesada Talks Poetry, Translation, and Neck Tattoos
by Blake Z. Rong
Silhouettes of a Vermont Poet at Home: An Interview with Kerrin McCadden
by Valentyn Smith
“Shifting between different forms, even ordering of the lines, helps expose what should be cut. I’m a poet who errs on the side of too many words, and it takes me tricking myself to see where I should lose any of them.”
The Art of Interviewing
Josh Dudley
The best interviews come out of passion for the interviewee and their craft. You are providing a conduit for them to expand or reach their fan base, and the best way to do that is to be a fan yourself.
Comics = Cultural Criticism: An Interview with Bill Kartalopoulos
by Gina Tron
Comics take a bunch of images and put them together in a coherent and articulate way, where you go from image to image, and from text/image combination to text/image combination. Then you look at it all and it all adds up to something.
Living in Stereo: An Interview with Alex Green
by Jennifer Kathleen Gibbons
“California itself has appeared almost as a singular character throughout my writing, kind of like the hotel in The Shining, but less creepy — or more creepy, depending on how you view my work.” – Alex Green
From The Provost.
by Jeremy Wolf
Half the time, the poems are alright and the prose pages generally work out, but it’s all about that discipline. It’s all about ratcheting in that time.
Wonderland of Words: An Interview with Matthew Dickman
by Lara Gentchos
I’m going to die, and I want my experiences, as much as I can control them — which is not much — to be experiences with art that makes me feel something.
Get Lit with Zinester/Book Publisher Sage Adderley-Knox
by M. Brianna Stallings
“There is such an awful stigma around self-publishing, that the books will not be enjoyable…these indie authors just need the guidance and support to help them through the process.”
Visiting with Claire Burgess
by Jericho Parms
What inspired “Last Dog”? Well, I went on a dead dog kick for a little while in my writing. Our family dog, a black lab named Pepper who we got when I was nine, was very old and on death’s door when I was writing “Last Dog.” She was almost blind and entirely deaf and… Continue reading Visiting with Claire Burgess
by Jericho Parms