Ten Questions for Jo Ann Beard
“Eventually, like a banner, the imagination unfurls itself.” —Jo Ann Beard, author of Festival Days
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Craft Capsule: Junk Drawer
The author of I Know You Know Who I Am writes about stashing his surplus sentences and character sketches in an electronic “junk drawer.”
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Ten Questions for Viet Thanh Nguyen
“I write four hours or one thousand words a day, whichever comes first.” —Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of The Committed
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Craft Capsule: Braided Narratives
The author of I Know You Know Who I Am recalls his first attempt at writing a braided narrative.
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Ten Questions for Elizabeth Miki Brina
“There were so many revelations I could only have reached through the process of putting memories on paper.” —Elizabeth Miki Brina, author of Speak, Okinawa
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Ten Questions for María José Ferrada and Elizabeth Bryer
This week’s installment of Ten Questions features María José Ferrada and Elizabeth Bryer, the author and the translator of How to Order the Universe.
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Ten Questions for Randa Jarrar
“Commit to completing a scene each time you write” —Randa Jarrar, author of Love Is an Ex-Country
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Craft Capsule: Poets’ Prose
The author of Anodyne takes a poetic approach to prose writing.
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Ten Questions for Edward Carey
“Every day without fail. Small marks with a pencil.” —Edward Carey, author of The Swallowed Man
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Craft Capsule: The Arc of Understanding
The author of Anodyne shares her methodology for determining the order of poems in a collection.
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