ON CRAFT
Vera and I: On POV, Projection, and a Problem Narrator
Marisa P. Clark contextualizes her novel excerpt from the spring 2020 issue
BEHIND THE POEM
Ellen Goldstein’s “Almanac for Nonbelievers”
I wrote the first draft of “Almanac for Nonbelievers” at a borrowed kitchen table in Vermont, staring out at the ridge above a neighboring field. I grew up in Charlottesville, Virginia but have spent most of my adult life in coastal New England. I was happy to be back in a place where mountains […]
ON CRAFT
Story, Speak
Morgan Talty on the origin of his short story, “Earth, Speak”
ARTIFACTS
We do not live in vain
Jeannine Pitas’s photo essay crafts a place of entry into the world of one of Uruguay’s most beloved poets
CONVERSATIONS
Laying Down One Line After Another
Comics contributor Miriam Libicki talks with Shenandoah comics editor Chris Gavaler on residency life in Angoulême and the arc of her evolving graphic memoir project
CONVERSATIONS
Existing Between Two Worlds
Emerging fiction writer María Alejandra Barrios Vélez talks to us about her process, her influences, and the intricacies of bilingual writing
ON CRAFT
Naming My Obsession
Fiction writer Brenda Peynado untangles the connections between self-discovery, faithfulness, and her novel as it falls into place
CONVERSATIONS
Setting the Table: An Exchange of Words and Images
Artist Xavier Tavera and poet Mike Soto discuss the purpose of art, the nature of time, and memory’s relationship to truth