Interview: Eileen Cronin, Author of Mermaid December 2, 2020 Had we never had the Trump era, I’d probably still be writing essays like I used to, working to conceal my anger… Read full story →
Interview: Rebecca Fish Ewan, Author of Doodling for Writers November 11, 2020 It’s an odd thing that drawing is interpreted as a frivolous thing when it’s so useful Read full story →
Interview: Aidan Martin, Author of Euphoric Recall November 11, 2020 I always knew my story was far more than an addiction-to-recovery tale. However, it most definitely was a cathartic experience, as cliché as that sounds. Read full story →
A Conversation with Kao Kalia Yang, Author of Somewhere in the Unknown World: A Collective Refugee Memoir November 11, 2020 When we talk about Minnesota, we think about Garrison Keillor, we think of Prince, we think of Bob Dylan. But there are all of these refugees here. Read full story →
Interview: James Tate Hill on His New Memoir, Audiobooks, and Access for the Visually Impaired October 5, 2020 That character in Academy Gothic was the gateway for me to tackle the topic head-on… Read full story →
INTERVIEW: Rebecca McClanahan, Author of In The Key of New York City September 8, 2020 We can express emotions in many ways, but as writers, we’re sentenced to the sentence. And to words. Read full story →
INTERVIEW: Debora Harding, Author of Dancing With the Octopus: A Memoir of a Crime September 8, 2020 [My dad] had a charming way of denying frightful events, of bringing humor and lightness to our childhood. Read full story →
INTERVIEW: Robyn Ryle, Author of Throw Like a Girl, Cheer Like a Boy August 4, 2020 “If you’re born into contemporary American culture, though it’s changing a lot, the idea that there are only two genders is very much there.” Read full story →
Interview: Sejal Shah, Author of This Is One Way to Dance June 3, 2020 I spoke with Sejal Shah while we were both on home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic about her essay collection, This Is One Way to Dance. Read full story →
INTERVIEW: Timothy J. Hillegonds, Author of The Distance Between April 4, 2020 I didn’t want the book to be the classic three-act structure to the recovery narrative: what it was like, what happened, what it’s like now. Read full story →