2012 Contest: An Interview with Fiction Judge Mary Caponegro
Interview by DARA EWING What I love about Mary Caponegro is her delight in scenes or moments that might pass unnoticed had she not slowed them down, zoomed in, and provided them with the attention they never knew they deserved. She admits that fabulist writing is the...
Contest 2012: An Interview with Poetry Judge Sabrina Orah Mark
Interview by LAURA KOCHMAN I am so excited, because Sabrina Orah Mark is our poetry contest judge this year. You should probably be excited, too–she’s the author of The Babies and Tsim Tsum, both from Saturnalia Books, and you can find her work in Best...
2012 Contest: An Interview with Nonfiction Judge Maggie Nelson
Interview by BARRY GRASS Black Warrior Review’s annual nonfiction contest might not be very old, but it’s already established a tradition of being judged by the best names in literary nonfiction writing. Lia Purpura judged our inaugural nonfiction contest,...