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So This Is How It Ends says a lady trying on a mink,strangers picking through your things. A wrought iron…
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4 Semi-Concrete Poems Ali Asadollahi, an Iranian poet, is the author of six Persian poetry books and winner of some…
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Cosmic Grandeur: An Interview With Ruben Quesada
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Kindred Spirits: An Interview With Yilin Wang 王艺霖
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by Jael Montellano My journey learning Mandarin began when the pandemic was still in swing. It began with wuxia and…
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I Am Still Here: An Interview with Melissa Seitz
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By Ellen Baker I first met Melissa Seitz in 2004 at the Bear River Writers’ Conference at Walloon Lake, Michigan.…
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What Washes Ashore: An Interview With Miles Harvey
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By William Lychack My friendship with Miles Harvey goes back 35 years, back to our MFA days at the University…
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Mary Kay Zuravleff July 2, 2024 Two or three times in my life, I’ve had instant affinity with a writer,…
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Committed to the Artist’s Life: An Interview with Suzanne Scanlon
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By Eileen Favorite I met Suzanne Scanlon during a Ragdale residency many years ago. It was springtime, the prairie muddy,…
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The Untold Story of Magic During the Witch Trials: An Interview With Tabitha Stanmore on Cunning Folk
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by Lorraine Boissoneault Have you lost anything recently? Maybe something important but small, like your house keys or your phone…
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A Wholeness Just Out of Reach: An Interview With Bee Sacks
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Stories That Survive: An Interview With Patricia Ann McNair
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by Christine Maul Rice I first heard Patricia Ann McNair read at Martyrs on Lincoln. Or was it the Hopleaf?…
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Studio of the Voice: Interview with Marcia Aldrich
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By Emily Hipchen Marcia Aldrich and I met when she was the editor of Fourth Genre and published an essay…
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Longing for Wildness: An Interview With Gina Chung
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By Jael Montellano There is a new dominant presence in my household waking my awareness to wildness. She has four…
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The Missing: An Interview with Ben Tanzer
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By Alice Kaltman Over the course of the last few months, I’ve had the great privilege (and tons of fun)…
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Chasing Ghosts: A Conversation with Kevin Clouther
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Ternary Rhythms: An Interview With Diego Báez
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By Jael Montellano Recently I spent time under my home country’s radiating sun. Lodged in the oven-warmth of car traffic,…
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Feminism, Jewish Identity, and the Body: An Interview with S.L. Wisenberg
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By Eileen Favorite Sandi Wisenberg (who publishes as S.L. Wisenberg) is a Chicago literary icon; she was named a New…
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By Jael Montellano Somehow, though the details are noise in my head, I tripped into lunch with Bonnie Jo Campbell…
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