I didn’t encounter Appalachian literature until I was an adult, and even then it was clear there were so few female Appalachian voices.
INTERVIEW: Shawna Kay Rodenberg, Author of Kin
INTERVIEW: Kathryn Nuernberger, Author of The Witch of Eye
I just had this profound feeling of wonder reading about these women…
INTERVIEW: Carol Smith, Author of Crossing the River
I didn’t come to journalism through a traditional path—I was a student of the sciences.
INTERVIEW: Anjali Enjeti, Author of Southbound
Enjeti has undertaken this epic task of understanding identity—in a personal and philosophical sense—all while beautifully sewing her story…
INTERVIEW: Nefertiti Austin, Author of Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender, and Parenting in America
Interview by Lara LillibridgeMotherhood So White. That’s what Nefertiti, a single African American woman, discovered when she decided she wanted to adopt a Black baby boy out of the foster care system. Eager to finally join the motherhood ranks, Nefertiti was shocked when people started asking her why she wanted to adopt a “crack baby”…
INTERVIEW: Gene Luen Yang, author and artist, Dragon Hoops
Gene Luen Yang has been writing and drawing comics since he was a kid.
INTERVIEW: Leslie Lehr, Author of A Boob’s Life
Author Leslie Lehr wants to talk about boobs.
Interview with Cecile Pineda, author of Entry Without Inspection: A Writer’s Life in El Norte
Interview by Lara LilllibridgeCecile Pineda is an-award-winning Chicana novelist, memoirist, theater director, performer, and activist who felt misplaced throughout much of her early life. Her father was an undocumented Mexican immigrant, and her mother was a French-speaking immigrant from Switzerland. Pineda, born in New York City, felt culturally disconnected from both of her parents, while…
Interview with Jeannine Ouellette, Author of The Part That Burns
For me, finding the right shape for my book was a long process.
Interview: Gretchen Cherington, Author of Poetic License
Cherington’s memoir explores the challenges of self-expression when one grows up in the home of a prominent poet…
