Ten Questions for Cicely Belle Blain
“Write with yourself and your own healing in mind, before you think of anyone else.” —Cicely Belle Blain, author of Burning Sugar
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Craft Capsule: The Art of Literary Criticism
The author of Each of Us Killers shares a manifesto for literary criticism.
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GalleyCrush: The Sunflower Cast a Spell to Save Us From the Void
Jackie Wang’s The Sunflower Cast a Spell to Save Us From the Void, forthcoming from Nightboat Books on January 26, 2021.
Ten Questions for Juan Felipe Herrera
“We are all authors. Let us acknowledge everyone.” —Juan Felipe Herrera, author of Every Day We Get More Illegal
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Craft Capsule: We Are All Translators
The author of Each of Us Killers explains why reading and writing are forms of translation.
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GalleyCrush: Reel Bay
Jana Larson’s Reel Bay, forthcoming from Coffee House Press on January 19, 2021.
Ten Questions for Fariha Róisín
“I’ve been writing it for eighteen years. More than half my life.” —Fariha Róisín, author of Like a Bird
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Craft Capsule: Racial Markers and Being Marked
The author of RENDANG consults poems by Monica Youn, Meiling Jin, and Mei-mei Berssenbrugge to analyze how racial markers function in poetry.
GalleyCrush: Craft in the Real World
Matthew Salesses’s Craft in the Real World, forthcoming from Catapult on January 19, 2021.
Ten Questions for Ricardo Alberto Maldonado
“Choose the bilingual, the multilingual, and the polyglot.” —Ricardo Alberto Maldonado, author of The Life Assignment
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Ten Questions for Marie NDiaye and Jordan Stump
This week’s installment of Ten Questions features Marie NDiaye and Jordan Stump, the author and the translator of That Time of Year.
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Craft Capsule: Possible and Impossible
The author of RENDANG reflects on the value of uncertainty in his reading and writing lives.
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GalleyCrush: Detransition, Baby
Torrey Peters’s Detransition, Baby, forthcoming from One World on January 12, 2021.
Ten Questions for Joshua Bennett
“I had to sit with the fear and let it talk to me.” —Joshua Bennett, author of Owed.
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Unstoppable: The Writer’s Pursuit of Purpose
The author of Fifty Words for Rain reflects on learning to forge her own unique path through the world.
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Craft Capsule: Witness vs. Withness
The author of RENDANG considers the complex relationships embedded in the act of looking.
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GalleyCrush: Stay Safe
Emma Hine’s Stay Safe, forthcoming from Sarabande Books on January 5, 2021.
Ten Questions for Daisy Johnson
“The glimmer of an idea appears in my notebook long before I begin writing.” —Daisy Johnson, author of Sisters
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Craft Capsule: Lyric vs. Narrative
The author of RENDANG blurs the boundary between narrative and lyric.
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GalleyCrush: Crosshairs
Catherine Hernandez’s Crosshairs, forthcoming from Atria Books on December 8, 2020.
Ten Questions for Khadijah Queen
"Writing is part of my life, and life is part of my writing.” —Khadijah Queen, author of Anodyne
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Craft Capsule: Doors vs. Corridors
The author of RENDANG imagines poetry as a house with many corridors.
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GalleyCrush: The Freezer Door
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore’s The Freezer Door, forthcoming from Semiotext(e) on December 8, 2020. Editor’s Note: This book’s publication date has been changed to November 24, 2020.
To My Precious Black Son
“The list of what you can’t do is endless because I know how quickly #blackboyjoy can become #sayhisname.”
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To the Tentatively Hopeful
“I fear that this moment will not last long enough.”
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