Q&A with Hilma Wolitzer

by Lisa Peet

“I never think in terms of topics, and I never think in terms of readers. What happens is that, at the risk of sounding like Joan of Arc, I hear a voice in my head that just says the first sentence of the story.” Continue reading →

Scoring a Poem: Q & A with Emily Sun

I allowed myself to write without compartmentalizing the Chinese from the English, the Cantonese from the Mandarin, and let the sounds from other places dance and mix into the poems. Continue reading →

Q&A with Viet Dinh

by Terry Hong

With sharp, probing insight, Dinh explores the efficacy of international aid, the price of survival, and the cost of love in an ever-changing global world filled with conflict, catastrophes, and failed connections. Continue reading →