“As citizens, we all have to reach out and try to be compassionate and kind, and to make sure we are working for a better existence for everybody all the time.”
Impossible Walks: An Interview with Kathleen Rooney Read More »
“While my writing is autobiographical, I don’t feel beholden to the facts because I’m using the materials of my life to create a story. The purpose is not to tell people that this is what happened, nor should people read my work in order to find out about my life. I want people to read these essays as works of literature, stories.”
Language, Place, and the Remarkable In-between: An Interview with Laura Esther Wolfson Read More »
“I knew that a vital part of my life’s purpose was to dance. It is my lifeline, actually. Dancing allows me to share things unseen, unspoken.”
Sharing the Unspoken: An Interview with Shamel Pitts and Mirelle Martins Read More »
“One thing I did while writing this book was to try to imagine what it would mean if this world—with all its horrors, sufferings, reasons to turn away—were Paradise. That’s not a logical thought or a purely “positive” one. Among other places, it took me to Blake, in whose work affirmation and annihilation often mix.”
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I was born into a Detroit that was the fourth largest city in the United States, one of America’s greatest and most important cities.
“The Way I Feel the World”: An Interview with Lawrence Joseph Read More »
“Sometimes people choose the safety of seclusion and loneliness over the dangers associated with new experiences. I was interested, in this collection, in examining this kind of choice.”
On “The Book of Wonders”: An Interview with Douglas Trevor Read More »
“I think in part because this is my first novel, I struggled a bit with the problem of suspension of disbelief. I had this feeling that I needed somehow to justify the piece. It is an improbable story—as many novels are!—and I think I was afraid readers wouldn’t ‘believe’ it. So I think I compensated for that by playing around with various metafictional elements.”
On “Self-Portrait with Boy”: An Interview with Rachel Lyon Read More »
“I think that most realism tries to show us something astonishing in the familiar and mundane. The fantastic, on the other hand, tries to show us something familiar and mundane in the astonishing.”
Something Familiar in the Astonishing: An Interview with Michael Andreasen Read More »
The elements that dance in my head are always both visual and narrative. Whether they are expressed in painting or writing, the essence of what I am trying to convey is one in the same for me.
On “Impressions of Paris”: An Interview with Cat Seto Read More »
“I love the act of repetition. Maybe it feels like a meditation of sorts, but I’m also interested in simplifying a technique down to a single mark or color, so as to allow space for the viewer to interpret the feeling, or to let a concept emerge if that’s what is intended.”
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