“tentatively eking their way towards hope”: An Interview with Kathryne David Gargano, Author of Pentimenti Kathryne David Gargano (she/they) is a queer, Jewish writer interested in myth, retellings, art, and religion. They received their PhD in English...
“[A]t the intersection of many roads and seas”: An Interview with Rajiv Mohabir Poet, memoirist, and translator, Rajiv Mohabir is the author of four books of poetry including Whale Aria (Four Way Books 2023) and Cutlish (Four Way Books 2021) which was a...
“I wrote a weird, little guy essay”: Sophie Ezzell on Creative Nonfiction, Nostalgia, and Prioritizing Kindness in Art Sophie Ezzell is a queer Urban Appalachian writer. Her nonfiction has been nominated for multiple Pushcarts and has appeared or is...
“Joy and Some Flailing and Very Low Stakes”: A Conversation with Donika Kelly DONIKA KELLY is the author of The Renunciations, winner of the Anisfield-Wolf book award in poetry, and Bestiary, the winner of the 2015 Cave Canem Poetry Prize, a Hurston/Wright...
2023 Contest: Interview with Poetry Judge Gary Soto Gary Soto, born and raised in Fresno, California, is the author of thirteen poetry collections for adults, most notably New and Selected Poems, a 1995 finalist for both the Los Angeles Times Award and the National...
2023 Contest: Interview with Nonfiction Judge Jesse McCarthy Jesse McCarthy is Assistant Professor in the departments of English and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. He is the author of the essay collection, Who Will Pay Reparations on...