“Leave Them Wanting More”: Gay Degani Interviews TENDER CUTS Author Jayne Martin

Jayne Martin, author of the collection of tiny stories, Tender Cuts (Vine Leaves Press, 2019), is hailed as “A badass … More

“Love, Loss, and Nazis in Norway”: Gay Degani Interviews HOMING Author Johanna Robinson

Johanna Robinson’s flash novella, Homing, is a revelation not only in its form—flash chapters pinpointing specific moments in time in … More

“You Are What You Read”: An Interview with John Madera about the 10th Anniversary of the Big Other Literary Journal

John Madera’s fiction may be found in Conjunctions, Opium Magazine, The &Now Awards 2: The Best Innovative Writing, and many … More

“We’re a Creepy Bunch”: Hillary Leftwich Talks to Sarah Read, Author of the Story Collection Out of Water

Sarah Read is a force in the horror genre and has a long-standing history of publications in numerous top tier … More

“Don’t Think About the Elephant”: An Interview with Andrew Farkas, Author of The Big Red Herring

Andrew Farkas is the author of a novel: The Big Red Herring (KERNPUNKT Press), and two short fiction collections: Sunsphere … More

“Dissonance, Shock, and the Inevitable Truth”: Gay Degani Chats with Sandra Arnold, Author of SOUL ETCHINGS

Both the title of Soul Etchings (Retreat West Books, 2019) by Sandra Arnold, the cover with its crackled baby-doll faces, and … More

“Glorious Fragments”: Andrew Farkas Interviews Ron MacLean, Author of We Might as Well Light Something on Fire

We Might as Well Light Something on Fire, Ron MacLean’s collection, immediately interested me because, in a time when everything … More

“Serious Play”: Dana Diehl Interviews Carol Guess & Aimee Parkison, co-authors of the story collection Girl Zoo

I was first introduced to Carol Guess’s collaborative work while I was editor of Hayden’s Ferry Review and we published … More

“Outside the door there is an animal writing my name in the blood of other animals”: William Lessard Interviews Adam Tedesco, Author of Mary Oliver

With the publication of Mary Oliver (Lithic Press, 2019), Adam Tedesco gives us a cycle of poems that places topics … More

On Writing and Self-Publishing: A Conversation Between Laraine Herring and Jennifer Spiegel

Well, this discussion stemmed from my mixed emotions surrounding my new novel, And So We Die, Having First Slept. It’s … More

“There Will Probably Be Condos”: An Interview with Janalyn Guo, Author of Our Colony Beyond the City of Ruins

Kathy Acker once wrote, “YOUR MIND IS A NIGHTMARE THAT HAS BEEN EATING YOU: NOW EAT YOUR MIND.” Lately, I … More

“Nowhere to Go from Here”: Rick Henry Chats with Micah Perks, Author of TRUE LOVE AND OTHER DREAMS OF MIRACULOUS ESCAPE

Micah Perks’ latest collection of threaded short stories, True Love and Other Dreams of Miraculous Escape, was published this past … More

“#MeToo All Over Again”: Gay Degani Interviews Jacqueline Doyle, Author of The Missing Girl

Every story in this short collection, The Missing Girl (Black Lawrence Press, 2017), is strong, evocative, and terrifying. Jacqueline Doyle gives us … More

“The Spark Became Flame”: Nettie Farris Interviews Wade Stevenson, Author of SONGS OF THE SUN AMOR

Wade Stevenson’s prior poetry collection, But Darling I Love You!, was published in bilingual edition by Trilce Editions, Barcelona, 1968. … More

“What Moves Me Most Doesn’t Have a Beginning, Middle, or End”: Melissa Cronin in Conversation with Lynn Lurie, Author of MUSEUM OF STONES

Lynn Lurie is the author of three novels, Corner of the Dead (2008), winner of the Juniper Prize for Fiction, … More