Ten Questions for Rachel Eliza Griffiths
“The uneven rhythms of grief don’t allow you to do or to feel life as you did before.” —Rachel Eliza Griffiths, author of Seeing the Body
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Ten Questions for Lauren Russell
“What’s most fundamental is being able to listen.” —Lauren Russell, author of Descent
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Craft Capsule: Break It Down or Shorter Forms
The author of This Is One Way to Dance reflects on using fragments to build a larger structure.
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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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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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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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