In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Maria Zoccola
The following interview was conducted between contributor Maria Zoccola and assistant poetry editor Trisha Daigle discussing Maria’s poem “self-portrait as god” in Volume 24 and Maria’s work. The featured image, I SURRENDER, was created by Genesis TRAMAINE and...
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In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Kasey Payette
“We’re Not Weird About It” in Volume 24 is about a young person exploring their sexuality in the space of attending church events. What was the inspiration behind this story? How did it come to be? “We’re Not Weird About It” is a fictional narrative based on my own...
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—E.A. Farro
In your essay from Vol. 24, “Whatever Discomfort, Find Beauty”, the speaker directly addresses the reader during a trip in the Never Summer mountain range in Colorado. Can you tell us about the inspiration behind this piece? How did it come to be? I spent the first...
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Kristin Laurel
In “Lucas”, your poem from Volume 24, the speaker is taking a bath after witnessing a man receive medical attention from a chest compression device. Can you tell us what inspired this poem? How did it come to be? Literally, this poem came about after a...
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Pamela R. Fletcher Bush
Your memoir essay “The Complexion of Love” in Vol. 24 recounts a pivotal moment when the young narrator Renny is confronted with racism by the white kids she’s attracted to, and then feels compelled to stay silent about it. Can you tell us a bit about how this essay...
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Darryl Holmes
Your poem in Vol. 24 “The Persistence of Memory” uses Salvador Dalí's 1931 surrealistic painting (of the same name). Can you speak to the inspiration behind this poem? How did it come to be? I went back to get my MFA late in life because I needed something to restore...
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Jeannine Hall Gailey
Your poem “On the Autumn Equinox, 2019” from Volume 24 explores some big ideas on resistance: resistance from rape culture and patriarchy, resistance from predators or the changing of seasons, the body resisting it’s own state of health. Can you tell us how this poem...
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Arleta Little
Back in November 2020, we asked contributing creative nonfiction editor Carolyn Holbrook what types of submissions she wanted to receive for our forthcoming issue. “I can’t imagine Vol. 24 not having a lot to do with 2020,” she responded. “I want people to face 2020...
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—David Aloi
“People Here”, your story in Vol. 24, immediately transported me to my middle-school days crowded around a friend’s computer, the sweet sound of the dial-up connection whirring, hoping we could find some harmless fun in a chat room, much like a teenaged Anthony seeks...
Inside and Outside the Box by Stan Sanvel Rubin
For the past two years, our poetry reviews editor Stan Sanvel Rubin has wondered what impact pandemic-related isolation and online reading events will have on the future of writing. Like many of us, Stan found comfort and community from attending virtual events, but...
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Gen Del Raye
In “Home Burial”, your short story published in Volume 24, the speaker’s grandmother attends the funeral of a man she worked for whose job was to recommend men in the village to draft in the war. How did the idea for this story originate? I had already written several...