Carrie and Rusty Spell both received their Ph.D.s at the University of Southern Mississippi’s Center for Writers. They both teach English at universities in Alabama: Carrie at Auburn University and Rusty at Alabama State University. They’ve each published fiction and articles in Mississippi Review, Nightsun, Georgetown Review, We Like Media, and elsewhere. They sometimes do things individually.
Frederick Barthelme talks about his new novel, There Must Be Some Mistake, life after teaching, and why food from the Olive Garden is “execrable in the best possible way.”