Catherine Lacey Lives for the Sucker-Punch Sentence
A conversation about her first short story collection, ‘Certain American States.’
Category: Interviews
R.O. Kwon Doesn’t Trust Garamond, And Neither Should You
R.O. Kwon’s The Incendiaries is the rare debut novel that excels on every level. The writing is superb, the storyContinue Reading
Tyler Barton on Minnesota and Writing Fiction Across Differences
A conversation with the winner of the Fall 2017 Arcturus Award for Fiction.
Sarah Warren on Poetry and the Racialization of Women’s Bodies
Every year, our sister site, the online literary magazine Arcturus, hosts a poetry contest. This year the contest was judged byContinue Reading
‘Queer Poets of Color’ Is a History-Making Anthology
A conversation with Christopher Soto, editor of ‘Nepantla: An Anthology for Queer Poets of Color.’
How Ellen Datlow Chooses the ‘Best Horror of the Year’
A conversation with one of the world’s most-respected genre editors.
The Fluid Morality of Survival in ‘Rough Animals’
Rae DelBianco on her new Western thriller.
Richard Jones on Our Desire to Be Heard and All-Inclusive Poetry
Chicago resident Richard Jones has been publishing his poetry for over three decades and is editor of the journal PoetryContinue Reading
How Rebecca Makkai Wrote ‘The Great Believers’
Writing across difference, researching the Chicago AIDS crisis, and more.
‘Bandwidth’ Examines How Our Feeds Create Our Reality
The internet is digitizing reality. It has rewired the world, creating unforeseen ways for information to be shared and consumed.Continue Reading
