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Author Q&A: Vi Khi Nao (Umbilical Hospital)

By Matt Borondy | Published: March 8, 2018
Vi Khi Nao

“That book might make you die a little and don’t forget to eat durian ice cream after reading it.”

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Author Q&A: Alan Michael Parker (Christmas in July)

By Matt Borondy | Published: February 20, 2018
Alan Michael Parker author photo

“I want to believe that reading tunes the mind, that empathy results from the connections forged between a reader and a character…”

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Author Q&A: Ross Simonini (The Book of Formation)

By Matt Borondy | Published: December 12, 2017
Podiatric Calendar II by Ross Simonini

“I think the process should be an expression of the product, and vice versa.”

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Author Q&A: Giano Cromley (What We Build Upon the Ruins)

By Matt Borondy | Published: November 28, 2017
Giano Cromley

“You have to be willing to walk right up to the line that divides emotion and melodrama.”

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Author Q&A: Kevin Canty (The Underworld)

By Matt Borondy | Published: October 7, 2017
Kevin Canty

“Playing bad guitar solos is satisfying in a way that writing bad short stories is not.”

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A Conversation with Diana Kirk, Author of Licking Flames

By Kate Hanson Foster | Published: May 23, 2017
Diana Kirk

“My book is…the story of a woman that takes life by the balls and squeezes everything out of it.”

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On James Jones and the Limits of “Eternity”: An Interview with Tony Williams

By Jake Rutkowski | Published: February 20, 2017
James Jones The Limits of Eternity cover

There’ve been other negative eras in American history, but there’s always been that spirit of resilience and resistance.

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Interview: Celeste Ng, Author of Everything I Never Told You

By Robert Birnbaum | Published: May 21, 2015
Novelist Celeste Ng

“Creating some kind of art…is as close to leaving your brain behind in a jar as you’re going to get.”

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Interview with Songwriter Whitney Ballen (Falls)

By Anna-Lynne Williams | Published: January 30, 2015
Whitney Ballen

“I suppose I am really unaware of my writing process because I never really plan on writing anything, it just kind of happens.”

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Interview: Poet Joanne Dominique Dwyer (Belle Laide)

By J. Dee Cochran | Published: July 17, 2014
Joanne Dominique Dwyer

“Too much of our human existence is based on making money and getting errands done. It’s such a waste of the gift of life, not to celebrate and bring magic and mystery into the everyday.”

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Author Q&A: Ben Tanzer (Lost in Space)

By Matt Borondy | Published: May 5, 2014
Ben Tanzer

“To be competitive and on, all of the time, involves discipline and schedule, a lot of super-focused manic intensity, and the need to ignore outside distractions, all of which is huge for writing.”

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Vintage Attraction: A Happy Hour Interview with Charles Blackstone

By Alison Barker | Published: April 29, 2014
Charles Blackstone

“I think I wanted characters that rejected that sort of accepted protocol. How you meet, how long you remain skeptical, when you submit to love, or at least the idea of love.”

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Author Q&A: Noah Cicero (Best Behavior)

By Matt Borondy | Published: February 12, 2014
Noah Cicero

“I believe if you read a lot, your mind learns the ability to play different games or see different options in every situation that non-readers might not see.”

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What Changes Everything: 5 Questions with Masha Hamilton

By Matt Borondy | Published: February 5, 2014
Masha Hamilton

“Telling one’s own story is as important to a certain kind of survival as food and shelter.”

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Interview: Angela Jackson-Brown, Author of Drinking from a Bitter Cup

By J. Dee Cochran | Published: January 17, 2014
Angela Jackson-Brown

“So often as writers, our first instinct is to write about some far off distant place that we know nothing about because we think where we came from is not interesting enough.”

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