Ten Questions for Emily Lee Luan

“You write one poem precisely so that you can write the next.” —Emily Lee Luan, author of 回 / Return
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“You write one poem precisely so that you can write the next.” —Emily Lee Luan, author of 回 / Return
The author of peep offers an exercise in negative capability.
The author of The Art of Brevity: Crafting the Very Short Story offers a lesson in becoming a verbal junk collector.
“I think the hardest part was finding an ending, specifically working against my own desire for neat resolution.” —Maggie Millner, author of Couplets
Jay Hopler and Kimberly Johnson discuss their new books, the techniques and craft decisions they used in writing these collections, and the occasion to which both books respond: Hopler’s diagnosis of terminal prostate cancer in 2017.
“I am a fitful writer: long periods of not writing followed by intense engagement.” —Dana Levin, author of Now Do You Know Where You Are