The First Book: Eduardo Martínez-Leyva
Without realizing it, in those years when I wasn't actively writing, I reflected, processed, grieved, and learned to be kind to myself.
Interviews
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The Comic Form, Grief Time, and Homecoming in Reverse: A Conversation with Kay Sohini
I’m not that optimistic. But I guess without hope, what else do we have, right?
Our Bodies are Bodies and Our Bones Are Bones: A Conversation with Amanda Hawkins
How long would I cry if I just let it happen? How long would I need to mourn if I did not cut that mourning short?
The Vastness of What We Don’t See: A Conversation with Oluwaseun Olayiwola
While I am a poet who is concerned with place, imaginative nowheres are where I think a poem begins.
Feral Feminisms in Noir: A Conversation with Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum
...Intuition and empathy are central methods of communication when we look to understand others and to put ourselves in others’ positions.
The First Book: Karissa Chen
Despite the many periods of self-doubt I had, the stretches where I felt I would never write anything good again—I would always eventually return to my desk, because I wouldn’t let myself give up.
Saints, Bodies, and Machines: A Conversation with Erika Swyler
When we push societal roles aside, what’s left between parents and children is the desire to both care and to be cared for.
Open to the World: A Conversation with Irvin Weathersby Jr.
You can walk around with your eyes closed, but if you do decide to open them and embrace the world around you, you can often be injured by what you see.
The First Book: Zahid Rafiq
There were feelings, images, voices, silences, and there is life, the experience of living. It came from that.
Memoir as a Vehicle for Connection: A Conversation with Sarah LaBrie
If I can be as specific as possible about my own understanding of my experience, that will have to resonate with some other people.
The Light Realm, the Dark Realm, and Everything in the Middle: A Conversation with Hyeseung Song
People have to give themselves more grace. It takes effort to do what we are doing.
Through the Y2K Looking Glass: A Conversation with Kristen Felicetti
I think as a reader, you can make the mental connection between the internet then and now and how much things have changed.