by Martha Anne Toll
“I know almost nothing about literary scenes anywhere. The greater part of my days are spent alone in a room.” Continue reading
Author Archives: editor
Cut the Crap: One Punk’s Reflections on Literature, Race, & The Authentic Life
by Andy Shi
“While I was writing, I taped a little reminder to my notebook: ‘Whatever you’re afraid to write—write that.’ It kept me honest and pushed me to place of candor and even audacity. ” Continue reading
Breaking Open the Box: A Conversation with Toi Derricotte
by Nancy Koerbel
“There are just all kinds of ways to diminish yourself, but your writing is a way to think of yourself as an expansive self. ” Continue reading
Literary Excavation: Jeffrey Colvin’s Story of Lost Black Communities
by Andy Shi
“I believe remembrance is a preoccupation of the living. We find comfort in good memories, wrestle with memories that bring hurt or confusion, and suppress or cast-off memories that are too painful to continue to carry.” Continue reading
Remembering, Revering, Revealing Pauline Kael: Q & A with Rob Garver
by Sonya Chung
“Even if you felt she was wrong about a movie, she was always enlightening—or funny, or maybe rude, or all three at once. And she believed that at his best, a critic could be an artist too.” Continue reading
Live & Uncensored: A G-rated Chat with Leland Cheuk
by Andy Shi
“Hor Lee is…as un-PC as any set from Dave Chappelle or Bill Burr, but his scathing jokes assumes a supportive role behind his heartfelt efforts to remake himself and reconnect with his family.” Continue reading
Turkish Delights & Complex Identity: Q&A with Ayşe Papatya Bucak
by Andy Shi
“It’s the story of a young woman who learns, and is excited to learn, that her heritage is more complicated than she knew. And she heavily romanticizes the whole thing. That’s me, but hopefully with a level of self-awareness that I am romanticizing. I live in fear of Orientalizing myself.” Continue reading
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