TW Interview by Donna Tallent
I watched my creative friends and learned how they made time for art: They stole their time back from the things that didn’t matter.
Featured Interview
Betty Southerland: “There Are No Mistakes”
May 02, 2022
Talking Flash Nonfiction with Brevity
Nov 16, 2020
Interview by Dinty W. Moore
The flash form often invites me to use what I call a communal or a collective voice.
Ben Purkert: Sinister, Brutal, and Honest
Dec 03, 2018
TW Interview by David Cameron
Whoever is holding the book is the beloved in some sense.
Kathleen Spivack: Shaping What You Write
Oct 02, 2017
TW Interview by Jennifer Jean
You really have to swim down into yourself when you’re writing, which is why people confuse it all with mental illness.
Sanderia Faye: “I’ve Got a Lot of Swimming to Do”
Nov 04, 2015
TW Interview by Levi Cain
I just knew that, as a black woman, if I wanted to write, I needed some credentials.
Gene Yang: “I Hated Assigned Reading”
Sep 28, 2015
TW Interview by William Gray
At the heart of all young adult literature is this equation: belonging + power = identity.
Diane Cook: “Life Is Very Precarious”
May 04, 2015
TW Interview by Mara Araujo
I like when the world is strange enough that you really have to pay attention.
Bill McKibben: “We Don't Require Great Leaders”
Apr 20, 2015
TW Interview by David Biddle
The currency of movements—passion, spirit, creativity, the willingness to spend our bodies—is the only alternative.
Chana Bloch: “The Poem Begins to Shape You”
Dec 17, 2014
TW Interview by Carol Dorf
Whatever kind of poetry you write, it’s hard not to get discouraged.
William Least Heat-Moon: "Damnable Speed"
Dec 10, 2014
TW Interview by David Biddle
It’s toxically lethal for writers to perceive themselves as geniuses able to dash off greatness.
