Ten Questions for Jennifer Savran Kelly
“Look for the agents and editors who share your vision for the work and trust them.” —Jennifer Savran Kelly, author of Endpapers
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“Look for the agents and editors who share your vision for the work and trust them.” —Jennifer Savran Kelly, author of Endpapers
“I was writing this hybrid lyric thing that was hard to fall into a rhythm with at first.” —Claudia Acevedo-Quiñones, author of The Hurricane Book: A Lyric History
“I have to fight for every word, then fight to let them go.” —Vievee Francis, author of The Shared World
The author of What Can I Tell You?: Selected Poems examines poetic approaches to narrative.
“I like taking risks.” —Joy Castro, author of One Brilliant Flame
“There’s space for your story.” —E. M. Tran, author of Daughters of the New Year
“In the mornings—or when I roll over from a dream—there’s only God and me talking to each other.” —Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, author of The Love Songs of W. E. B. Du Bois
This week’s installment of Ten Questions features Mariana Oliver and Julia Sanches, the author and the translator of Migratory Birds.
In his first nonfiction book, How the Word Is Passed, published in June by Little, Brown, poet and scholar Clint Smith delves into the legacy of slavery alive in the monuments and landmarks within and beyond the United States, in an immersive read that exquisitely depicts how a nation and its inhabitants remember its history.
The author of I Know You Know Who I Am recalls his first attempt at writing a braided narrative.