In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Jean McDonough
Your nonfiction piece, “Vanishing Point,” expertly braids painting and Cubism techniques, specifically Picasso’s Guernica, with a turbulent childhood, layered within the reality and metaphor of driving. What was the spark that made you blend these together? How did...
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In the Field: Conversations with our Contributors—A. Muia
This week, we talk with A. Muia about her piece, "Dolores-Born-Without-Ears," place-based writing, and the inspiration behind her novel. Your piece, "Dolores-Born-Without-Ears," is set in 1883 and tells the story of Dolores, who is married to Don Transito and taken to...
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Joseph Holt
This week, we spoke with Jospeh Holt on finding inspiration in small moments, place and setting in writing, and his upcoming works. Your flash nonfiction piece, "People in Cars Outside the Coin Laundry," talks about the daily interactions (or lack of interactions) at...
In the Field: Conversations with our Contributors—Interview with Jose Hernandez Diaz
Your poem, "Ni de aquí, ni de allá: ni de la pinche luna," speaks to cultural rejection, this difficult place of trying to find yourself while being caught between two cultures. What was the inspiration behind this poem? How did it come to be? The inspiration is...
This Far North by Jason Tandon, Reviewed by Robyn Earhart
This Far North Jason Tandon Black Lawrence Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1-62557-048-2 83 pages In Jason Tandon’s fifth collection of poetry This Far North, Tandon’s stripped down, bare bones, minimalist writing style poignantly enriches his philosophical musings on life....
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Tara Westmor
The following interview was conducted between contributor Tara Westmor and assistant poetry editor Larissa Larson. Your poem “Mother, Ankle Deep” in Volume 25 focuses on the cultural and natural definitions of gender and how this perpetuates throughout generations...
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Rachel Finn-Lohmann
Your short story “Squeaky” in Volume 25 is about a teacher who torments a sixth-grade student in his classroom. What was the inspiration behind this story? How did it come to be? The story is based on a real experience I had when I was a sixth-grader. It’s something I...
Heartworm by Adam Scheffler, Reviewed by Robyn Earhart
Heartworm Adam Scheffler Moon City Press 2023 ISBN: 978-0-913785-60-7 70 pages Adam Scheffler’s second poetry collection Heartworm, winner of the 2021 Moon City Poetry Prize, is a bewildering cacophony of subject matters—small or grand, turned over and studied with...
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Cole W. Williams
I always like to start these interviews off by learning about the inspiration behind the writing. In “On Thelma & Louise”, your short essay published in Volume 25, you wrote about a woman who watches the 1991 film alone “to see if the screenplay actually mentions...