Interviews

Buried Lives and Divided Selves:
An Interview with Debra Gwartney

May 28, 2020

Interview by DJ Lee "Every memoir I love and admire does the same essential work—examining the interior of the person called ‘I’ with one cen... Read More...

Not Otherwise Specified:
An Interview with Aby Kaupang
and Matthew Cooperman

April 19, 2020

Interviews

"She wrote a rather white-hot coal of rage after the terrible summer when Maya was in the Psych Ward. Our daughter shouldn’t have been there..... Read More...

Cross Country:
Julie Swarstad Johnson and
Patricia Colleen Murphy in Conversation

March 12, 2020

Interviews

“When I moved to Arizona from Ohio, I was struck by the feeling that humans had no business living in this climate.” Introduction In giving ... Read More...

Women Writers in the Wild:
Lilace Mellin Guignard and
Suzanne Roberts in Conversation

December 13, 2019

Interviews

“There’s no denying that the baggage we carry—the fear—isn’t just of our own making but handed to us by society and the fact that some people ... Read More...

A Reservoir for Our Spirits:
An Interview with Terry Tempest Williams

October 30, 2019

Interviews

Interview by Melissa L. Sevigny "I think those things that threaten to undo us—those acts of undoing actually are our moments of becoming." ... Read More...

Taken in by a Wild Bird:
An Interview with Tim Dee

September 1, 2019

Interviews

Interview by Nancy Campbell "By our rubbish we shall be known. By the gull on our rubbish, likewise." Introduction Author, bir... Read More...

A Wildness in the Design:
An Interview with Nicole Walker

June 13, 2019

Interviews

Interview by Melissa Sevigny Introduction Photograph by Tangled Lilac Photography. Author and creative writing professor Nicole Walker... Read More...

Questions I Dare Ask:
An Interview with Amy Irvine

March 10, 2019

Interviews

Interview by Andrea Ross Introduction Amy Irvine. Photo courtesy Torrey House Press. Writer and teacher Amy Irvine is the author of ... Read More...

Lost Stories:
An Interview with Laurie Gwen Shapiro

August 24, 2018

Interviews

Interview by Kim Steutermann Rogers Introduction Laurie Gwen Shapiro. Photo by Franco Vogt. I met Laurie Gwen Shapiro in Northern Cal... Read More...

The Shining, Reflective Shield:
An Interview with Kathleen Dean Moore

April 15, 2018

Interviews

Interview by Miranda Perrone Introduction I can pinpoint the moment Kathleen Dean Moore came into my life. I remember stumbling out of ... Read More...

Charging the Through Line:
An Interview with Arthur Sze

February 14, 2018

Interviews

Interview by Ayleen Perry Introduction In fall 2017, poet Arthur Sze keynoted the second annual ECO-Poetry, Technology, and Place conference... Read More...

From Gods to Men:
An Interview with John Canaday

November 28, 2017

Interviews

Interview by David Rothenberg Introduction John Canaday. John Canaday has written an extraordinary series of poems in the voices of th... Read More...