I recently had a talk with R. L. Maizes, the acclaimed author of A Complete Fiction (Ig Publishing, Nov. 2025), about writing full characters, writing about writing, and tackling topics like feminism that not every publisher wants to touch.
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An interview with Keya Chatterjee, author of The Revolution Will Not Be Rated G
Communal joy is the core of all of this work, real and imagined. We are told that escapism is bad, but what if there was a book that allowed us to escape into a state of bliss–but not a state of ignorant bliss – a pleasure-filled novel that provides humor and solace in a turbulent time, but also a novel that is laden with lessons for overcoming the oppressor.
Co-Authoring Resonance: Daniel Chertoff and Michael Tobin
Writing Resonance was, in the end, a joy, not because it was easy but because it was shared. The process deepened our respect for each other and, perhaps more importantly, our understanding of what collaboration can be.
An interview with Mansi Dahal
In this extremely far-ranging interview of the long-form variety, the author of Women In Marigold talks about her practice, many of the poems in the collection, themes, her novels, fiction vs poetry, pressures and representation, Nepal, poetics, history, geneology, spirituality and faith, poetic mentorship, and so much more!
An Interview with Jessica Siskin
The author of Looks Perfect talks about her new book, its characters, challenges and emotional truths, her creative transition to novelist, Instagram, the relationship between being a rice crispy artist at Misterkrisp and creating a novel, the tension between authenticity and performance online, on the humour in the book, and lots more.
An Interview with David Zindell
I learn that Zindell, now 73, plans to keep writing, keep creating in his Neverness universe. On a bright May morning in Denver, we talk about writing, old friends from the Northern Colorado Writer’s group, Nietzsche, AI, grandpas, and philosophy.
An interview with Lesley Wheeler
The author of Mycocosmic talks about her poetry book and the poets relationship to the natural world, to science, Emily Dickinson, rabbit holes, wonder, fungal life, teaching, grief, and lots more.
Habits & Mysteries: A Conversation with Patricia Henley and Rob Davidson
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Patricia Henley’s fifth collection of stories Apple & Palm is forthcoming in March 2026 from Cornerstone Press. She is the author of three novels, five collections of stories, two chapbooks of poetry, and a stage play. Rob Davidson is the author of six books, including Welcome Back to the World: A Novella and Stories, winner of the 2025 National Indie Excellence Award in Short Stories. This conversation is a wide ranging chat between these two authors about writing and their work, persistence, curiosity, the mysterious creative process, creating a regular writing practice (under duress), writing about place, diversity, their writing obsessions, and lots more.
Beyond Given Borders: An interview with Natalya Sukhonos
Natalya Sukhonos was born in Odesa, Ukraine and immigrated to the US at the age of nine. She holds degrees in Comparative Literature, a Yale BA and a Harvard PhD, and she has taught at Harvard, Stanford, UC Davis, and Zayed Universities. Her first poetry collection, A Stranger Home, was published in 2020 by Moon Pie Press. In this conversation, H. L. Hix speaks with her about her most recent collection, Sunlight Trapped in Stone (Green Writers Press, 2026).
An interview with Tess Perko
Tess Perko talks to her daughter, Rachael Brandt about her debut novel, Learning to Whistle , on writing stories that empower women, her inspiration, her writing process, the hardest part of writing a novel for her, her new work-in-progress, and lots more.