How the lyric poem can enable creative reimagining of a historical figure. Four poets discuss strategies and techniques, as well as the rewards and difficulties involved in writing a verse…
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ConversationFeaturedInterviewWe’re all suffering, so let’s laugh about it: Brian Alan Ellis on Obliterating Ego, Carly Rae Jepsen, And Being a Bad Poet
Bad Poet is available for pre-order now at House of Vlad Productions. Andrew Byrds: For the first question, I wanna backpedal to our first interview. We hit the ground running…
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ConversationInterview“There’s always someone else out there who can match your weird”: An Interview with Jules Archer
Reading the stories in Jules Archer’s second book, Little Feasts, is like attending a dinner party where the menu features every decadent, unnerving dish you’ve always been curious but afraid…
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ConversationInterviewHell is the truth, the shadow, the blind spot, the thing you don’t want to look at: In Conversation with Kim Vodicka
The Elvis Machine is available for preorder now from CLASH Books. Andrew Byrds: So, the first thing I noticed in your collection was your word play and twisting language. I…
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ConversationInterviewReviewLives to be Treasured: Author, Character and Self in Sandra Miller’s Trove
Trove: A Woman’s Search for Truth and Buried Treasure by Sandra A. Miller Brown Paper Press, September 2019 220 pages / BPP / Amazon Coming to grips with one’s…
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Like many writers slated for #AWP20 San Antonio, I spent two days thinking about whether I should attend the conference as planned. Besides being on a panel on “Teaching the…
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VI KHI NAO: In preparation for this conversation, I almost made bánh xèo. But, alas, I have been very un-culinary. How is your appetite lately, Jessica? Your poetry collection enters…
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ConversationInterview“F*ck Your Thinking:” Kenning JP García on Proust, Love, Oversleeping, and Writing for Yourself
I deserve to fail. I embrace that too. I will survive. It’s what I do. Over the last few months of 2019, I spoke with author Kenning JP García over…
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ConversationInteractive LiteratureInterviewAn Underground Space That Multiplies Possibility: Interview with Aaron A. Reed
Subcutanean releases in February 2020 and can be preordered/crowdfunded at Indiegogo. Byron Alexander Campbell: Your past work includes twitter bots, interactive fiction, generative texts, collaborative storytelling games, and whatever the…
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Josh Denslow’s Not Everyone Is Special has been been out since the end of March. It’s great. You should read it. I think we started this conversation in February. Today…
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Shane Jesse Christmass has been one of the busiest writers lately. Over the past three years alone the Australian based writer has published five separate books. Three books published by…
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Jacob Singer: Gristle opens with a quote in French from Guillaume Apollinaire’s “Procession.” Can you provide a translation and its significance to this collection? Jordan Rothacker: I have a deep…
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This summer I met Joshua Byron who writes with Alfredo Franco for the brilliantly written, acted, and filmed TV show Trans Monogamist. Joshua told me that they are also a…
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Give It to the Grand Canyon is available now from Philosophical Idiot. Andrew Byrds: Your writing is very spiritual, contemplative, and it seems each sentence you put down is like…
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