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Author Q&A with Matt Mason

Matt Mason is the Nebraska State Poet and has run poetry workshops in Botswana, Romania, Nepal, and Belarus for the U.S. State Department. His poetry has appeared in The New York Times and he has received a Pushcart Prize as well as fellowships from the Academy of American Poets and the Nebraska Arts Council. In this Q&A, Matt shares a little about how he got started teaching workshops, the inspiration behind two of his latest poems, and advice for aspiring writers…

Author Q&A with Blake Kinnett

In this candid and impactful Q&A, Blake Kinnet shares what inspired the writing of “Pretty Women,” and how in doing so part of their desire was “to challenge the idea that pre-transition is just crying in front of a mirror because ‘I’ll never be a real man/woman.’ There can be joy in discovery. There can be joy in the becoming.” Blake’s answers to all of our questions are honest, impactful, and frankly important in the discourse of writing through difficult circumstances…

Author Q&A with Rachel Sussman

Rachel Sussman is the winner of the 2023 Honeybee Prize in Nonfiction and her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Into the Void, Months to Years, My Chronic Brain, and The Pinch.

In this Q&A, Rachel provides a candid glimpse into writing through her grief over the loss of a good friend and how “nothing quite prepared her for the moment when the story was published.” She also talks about what it is like living and writing with a chronic illness and how writing has impacted her life…

Author Q&A with Hemmy So

Hemmy So is a Korean American fiction writer from Houston, Texas. Her debut short story appeared this spring in Redivider, and she reads prose for Chestnut Review. In her former life, she worked as a news reporter, tech, and sports attorney.

In this Q&A Hemmy shares a little bit about how her previous careers have helped her as a writer and what inspired her to write “The Language of Family”…

Author Q&A with Oak Morse

This week’s Author Q&A is with educator and writer Oak Morse. Oak lives in Houston, Texas, where he teaches creative writing and theatre and leads a youth poetry troop, the Phoenix Fire-Spitters.

His poem, Ras Tafari Ghazal, is featured in issue #12 and in our interview with him Oak shares the impetus for his research into the “Rastafari” ideology and what ultimately led to the writing of the poem…

Author Q&A with Tiffany Promise

Tiffany Promise (she/her) is a writer, poet, chronic migraineur, and the mother of two wildlings. She holds an MFA from CalArts and has participated in the Tin House and American Short Fiction workshops. Her work has appeared in Narrative Magazine, Brevity, Creative Nonfiction, Okay Donkey, Jarnal, Francesca Lia Block’s new literary magazine, Lit Angels, and elsewhere. Tiffany lives in Austin, Texas and her flash fiction, Bird of Prey, won this year’s Honeybee Literature prize. Read the full Q&A to learn what she shared with us about her writing and what inspired her to write “Birds of…