Ten Questions for Jamel Brinkley

“One of the pleasures of writing short stories for me is the surprise of an ending.” —Jamel Brinkley, author of Witness
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“One of the pleasures of writing short stories for me is the surprise of an ending.” —Jamel Brinkley, author of Witness
The author of The Museum of Human History considers how to manage a novel’s many threads.
“You have time.” —JoAnna Novak, author of Contradiction Days: An Artist on the Verge of Motherhood
The author of The Museum of Human History offers a method for moving from short stories to longer-form narratives.
“I’m always trying to leave room in my writing for surprise.” —Caleb Azumah Nelson, author of Small Worlds
“Finish the draft. Nothing else matters.” —Sarah Rose Etter, author of Ripe
The author of I Do Everything I’m Told contemplates writing about and beyond personal boundaries.
The author of I Do Everything I’m Told considers the role of the breath in poetic composition.
“I didn’t set out to write exactly this book.” —Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, author of Negative Money
“I had to learn through writing the book how to discipline my creativity so that I could write whenever and wherever I needed to.” —Stacy Jane Grover, author of Tar Hollow Trans