Author and editor Diane Gottlieb speaks with Robert Shapard on Zoom about his fascinating life in the flash world, the importance of detail and image in very short fiction, and how stories come to him.
Category: Author interviews
An Interview with Suzanne Mercury
Suzanne Mercury is a poet whose work lies in the interstices of the natural and metaphysical world. In this interview she talks about her latest book Hive, about Magic Squares, bees, writing exercises, ecology, and more.
An interview with Carol Guess
The author of Sleep Tight Satellite talks about her latest book, on writing through quarantine, epiphanies, writing in second person point of view, the book’s narrative arc, compression, and lots more.
An interview with Mark Wish
On January 7, 2021, the day after the attack on the U.S. Capitol, Mark Wish, along with his wife, Elizabeth, disturbed by what they’d seen on TV the previous evening, hoped to create a response, a reaction, a way to find common ground with Americans—all Americans. The product of their desire and vision? Coolest American Stories. And the first volume of this annual anthology of short stories, Coolest American Stories 2022, was wildly successful. It’s just gone to its fifth printing.
An interview with Stephen Saletan
The Author of To the Midnight Sun: A Story of Revolution, Exile and Return talks about his new memoir and the processes around writing it, how he found the time, on finding his literary voice, about the character of his grandmother, identity, revolution, and lots more.
An Interview with Steve Rasnic Tem, King of the Horror Short Story
Tem lives alone in a modest house just south of Denver. Most striking when you walk in are the two walls—living room and adjoining dining room—covered with family portraits: his kids, grandkids, and great-grandkids. One senses the warmth and richness of his family that’s he’s surrounded himself with which makes his forays into darkness and horror all the more frightening and intriguing.
An interview with Shari Caplan
The author of the poetry book Exhibitionist talks about her book, her collage artwork, about being a shapeshifter, the book’s sexual undertone, the “female gaze”, the magic of art, and lots more.
An Interview with Zoje Stage
The author of My UnderSlumberBumbleBeast talks about her inspiration, the illustrations, process, and more.
Guess Who’s Written a Children’s Book? An interview with Wayne McDonald
The book is a combination of riddle poems and colorful, charming illustrations, challenging the reader to guess the mysterious animal on the next page. The animals are an eclectic bunch, from the well-known—bison, giraffe—to the more exotic such as the axolotl. The poems sneak in bits of “teacher” information and dashes of puns and humor. (To wit, regarding the axolotl, “You now know a ‘lotl’ about us….”)
An Interview with Dr. Dipak Giri on Poetics of Creation
In this wide ranging interview, Dr. Jernail Singh Anand talks at length about poetry, the role of poets, aspirations, inspirations, speaking truth, and lots more.