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Q&A with Spencer Reece
Amy Weldon: I know you’ve written previously about your experience working in retail for Brooks Brothers, but I was wondering if you might reflect on how it affected your writing life. Did you feel a...
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Q&A With Kim Addonizio
Bloom: Your work is often described as “provocative and edgy”—do you agree with these descriptors? What do they mean specifically to you, your writing process, and your work? Kim Addonizio: I suppose...
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Ruthless, Beautiful, Dangerous, Comforting: How It Is in the World of Tove...
by Sonya Chung 1. I am sometimes tempted to create and claim an alternate childhood: sepia memories featuring fantastical lands, imaginary friends and foes, brilliant DIY costumes and dwellings; and,...
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Q&A with Ava Chin
by Terry Hong Thanksgiving approach-eth! Don’t you want to know what will be on the Urban Forager’s table? Read on! Ava Chin, author of recently published Eating Wildly: Foraging for Life, Love and the...
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“So Much to Tell, So Much to Find”: An Interview with Tessa Hadley
by Evelyn Somers Evelyn Somers: There’s a school of thought about writing which says that a writer shouldn’t study literature too much, or the critical vocabulary and mindset might taint one’s own...
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Q&A With Chris Cander
Bloom: How did you come to choose rural West Virginian coal country as the setting for your new novel, Whisper Hollow? Chris Cander: My mother’s side of the family is from West Virginia, and we visited...
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Q&A With Ann Fisher-Wirth
Bloom: Your first book of poems, Blue Window, is situated in Mississippi, which is interesting because Mississippi is not your first home. Were you writing much poetry before moving to Mississippi? How...
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Q&A With Marian Palaia
Bloom: You have a fascinating history of work and travel – you’ve lived in places as diverse as Montana and Nepal, done work ranging from a bartender to a logger to Peace Corps volunteer. How have...
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Q&A With Linda Simon
Bloom: What first drew you to Coco Chanel as a subject for a biography? Linda Simon: I’m interested in people who lived a life very different from what was expected of them. Chanel grew up poor and was...
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Q&A With Rebecca Foust
Bloom: How did you come to writing poetry? From the sound of it your poetry life burst open like a clematis blossom on a sunny day! Rebecca Foust: Thank you. This year so much has happened that it...
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Q & A With Elena Delbanco
Bloom: Your new novel, The Silver Swan, draws from your own life experience: your father was renowned cellist Bernard Greenhouse, who owned an extraordinary 300-year-old Stradivarius cello. Talk a bit...
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Q & A With Peter Ferry
Bloom: Your first novel, Travel Writing, has been called “the perfect first novel” by the LA Times. What was it like to follow Travel Writing with a second novel? Was the writing process easier or more...
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Q&A with P.S. Duffy
by Terry Hong Freshly back from the Jersey Shore, debut novelist P.S. Duffy talks about writing her first book at age 10 although she didn’t publish her first novel until she was 65, her inability to...
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Q&A With Carola Dibbell
Bloom: Your debut novel, The Only Ones, has been described as a “heartbreaking spin on dystopia.” How did you decide to write about a speculative future? What elements of the dystopian genre did you...
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An excerpt from Paula Whyman’s You May See a Stranger
The following is an excerpt from Paula Whyman’s You May See a Stranger: Stories, newly released from TriQuarterly Books/Northwestern University Press. Publishers Weekly writes: “Honest and sharply...
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Q & A with Donna Everhart
by Susan Sechrist Donna Everhart confesses to being “too analytical” sometimes. Having spent her early career as a project manager in high tech firms, she’s earned her problem-solving skills honestly....
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Find Your Lane, Stay Ready: Q&A with Cole Lavalais
by Sonya Chung Cole Lavalais’ debut novel Summer of the Cicadas had me from page 1; more accurately, page 2. “She sharpened Cecilia’s preferred poultry knife until the mildest touch to its edge...
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Transformation as Action: Q & A with Caitlin Hamilton Summie
by Evelyn Somers It’s an unfortunate fact for literature lovers that some very good books take a long time to see print; and some never do. About ten years ago, I had the opportunity to work with a...
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“We have to learn from history and stop repeating its mistakes”: Q&A with...
by Terry Hong As the child of two Chinese refugees, Helen Zia can personally speak to the effects of displacement, separation, adaptation, and reinvention. In her memorable career as...
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“It Was Through Open Mics That I Began to Feel My Anger Was Acceptable”: Q&A...
by Alice Stephens Julayne Lee is not here to play nice with you, nor to gently break bad news, nor to be careful of your delicate feelings. In her debut collection of poetry, Not My White Savior, Lee...
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