Ten Questions for Ilana Masad
“I have a deeply unhealthy work-life balance in that the Venn diagram of those things is a circle.” —Ilana Masad, author of All My Mother’s Lovers
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Craft Capsule: Feel Your Way
The author of This Is One Way to Dance considers the consonances and dissonances between dance and writing.
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Ten Questions for Kate Zambreno
“I’m mistrustful of writing advice in general.” —Kate Zambreno, author of Drifts
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Craft Capsule: Notes From the Cutting Room Floor
The author of This Is One Way to Dance shares how notes—footnotes, codas, prologues, corrections—figure into her writing process.
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Between Worlds: A Q&A With Poet Kiki Petrosino
The author of White Blood: A Lyric of Virginia discusses definitions of poetry, ancestral silence, and unpacking American history’s “white blood.”
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Postcard From the Pandemic: A Solid Little Feeling
The author of The Nix struggles with the pressure to be productive during the pandemic and finds relief in celebrating the small victories.
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Ten Questions for John Elizabeth Stintzi
“Write what you do not know, which I think is particularly helpful because—not to sound too much like Socrates—I’m not really convinced that anyone knows anything.” —John Elizabeth Stintzi, author of Vanishing Monuments
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Craft Capsule: Obsessions, Hobbies, Dreams
The author of The Prettiest Star shares strategies and questions that help him get to know his characters.
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Craft Capsule: Minor Characters
The author of The Prettiest Star celebrates the magic of minor characters.
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Ten Questions for Rufi Thorpe
“There was nothing hard about writing it, it was more like finally giving in to some terrible force.” —Rufi Thorpe, author of The Knockout Queen
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