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Author Q&A with Brad Snyder
At some level, the process of writing this piece reminded me of how much music has been a constant companion through the seasons of my life. It’s pretty extraordinary to realize how music, or really any work of art, can be both a reflection of and a catalyst for new understanding and insight…
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Author Q&A with Marlene Olin
I try to set aside time to write every day. The next day, before I write anything new, I go back and revise what I wrote the day before. It’s a life lesson, I suppose. To review your behavior, critique it, analyze room for improvement…
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Author Q&A with Rodrigo Toscano
All my sonnets – hundreds of them, are made up of 10 syllables lines (or units). No exceptions. No cheating on line breaks, like just hitting the return key. Meaning units are integral to each other. The flow flows from a constructivist impulse…
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Author Q&A with Simon Ashton
The world can seem tremendously scary, particularly at this moment in history, but slowing down to carve out a little quiet for yourself is not only possible but essential. And, while I’m not a spiritual person I do believe, if we let it, life sometimes connects us with the right person at the right moment.
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Author Q&A with Susan L. Lin
I never write anything hoping to elicit a certain reaction or emotion. That’s not why I make art. And once something is published, I no longer have control over the response. But even though this piece is based on my own personal memories, experiences, and obsessions, I do hope that other people will find it…
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Author Q&A with Keira Deer
I titled the poem “if” as an encouragement for readers to invite wonder into their own lives. By asking “if,” you’re really asking yourself to imagine a catalog of possibilities, a set of potentials that exercises your mind, your creativity, and your ability to dream. Ultimately, I think, half the work of an artist is…
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Author Q&A with Alayna Powell
I think the love we hold for ourselves and others is always changing shapes and sizes. After Forgiveness really leans into that. It doesn’t have a lot of answers. But it’s trying its best to make sense of things, while also keeping the plants alive….
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Author Q&A with Sharon Lee Snow
When Mr. Boppo walked through the classroom door in that MFA fiction workshop, I saw him as an actual clown who challenges the main character, Evan, as an ambiguous kind of antagonist who also represents many things to Evan who is struggling at that moment. I encourage readers to create their own interpretations of my…
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Author Q&A with Jim Parisi
I always thought that I was too much of an overwriter to be any good at flash fiction. It sometimes takes me 200 words just to clear my throat. And my writing in no way resembles the prose-poemy lyricism of the best flash stories. But I’ve found that I love being able to come up…
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