Interview with Christopher Soto from Nepantla
I am invested in an accountability process that believes in tenderness and rehabilitation and learning and humility and privateness and ego […]
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Writer Crush: Khalid Warsame on Gregory Kan
This is plain and life-giving poetry, the kind where the economy is unapparent until it suddenly is, in retrospect, on the third or fourth read, when you find your throat parched and return with this thirst that surprises you, and you realise, quite of a sudden, that you have been given all that you needed and not a drop more. […]
How I Write with Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
It’s incredible to me that my words can inspire that kind of personal change. I know that when I was younger, there were books and music that literally saved my life, so I want to pay that forward. […]
Hints&Tips with Lian Low
Finding good people who deeply care about you and nurturing your work is important. Also knowing when to take on board constructive criticism, and leaving negative/unwanted criticism behind, is crucial to growing in a creative practice… […]
Writer Crush: Chi Tran on Trinh T. Minh-ha
I had very little sense of a Vietnamese futurity for myself until I learned of Minh-ha. She has shown me that writing can be a commitment to tenderness, and a commitment to self-preservation. […]
My Last Book: Stephanie Chan on When Breath Becomes Air
Reading the book was like an assurance from a close friend that no, nothing will be all right, but at least you are not alone. […]
How I Write with Steven Stam
In order to write, I have to be free of anger. Introspective is great, but frustration and or anger can squash my creativity. […]
Hints&Tips with Merv Heers
Self loathing is the most important tool a comic book artist possesses. Look at work that you’ve done and try and find out why you hate it so much. […]
Writer Crush: C. B. Mako on Lee Kofman
Lee Kofman wrote about her life, relationships, love and sex. I found myself mesmerized, drawn into her world, captured by her brilliant words […]
My Last Book: Autumn Royal on The Complete Pocketbook of Swoon
I think of poems as little pincushions. A pincushion can look small and unassuming—tends to be ignored and overlooked—but pincushions are tightly filled with material to hold sharply pointed matter. […]