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10 Questions for Michael Lavers

November 12, 2018 - By Abby MacGregor

Tonight, even the frogs
are out there, discoursing to darkness,
regurgitating air, getting it said.
They too are turning the embarrassing
necessities of flesh into a kind of music,
they too are instruments of the invisible,
some unpleased power that would settle
for limp skin just to preserve itself.
—from "All This Fiddle", Fall 2018 (Vol. 59, Issue 3)

Tell us about one of the first pieces you wrote.
From the vast miasmal swamp of early, and less early (and very current) failures, no one piece stands out in my mind as particularly significant or transitional. Just the common and unavoidable process (still on-going) of playing dress-up in other peoples clothes, to usually disastrous results....

10 Questions for Devon Miller-Duggan

November 7, 2018 - By Abby MacGregor

 1. Discuss: The Greeks said it all:

As with thyme—the scent of Greeks speaking Time,
breathing thyme, which grows even
when walked upon. On its own, spreads.
—from "The Test: Western Civilization", Fall 2018 (Vol. 59, Issue 3)

Tell us about one of the first pieces you wrote.
My 4^th grade teacher had E. E. Cumming’s “[in Just-]” on one of the bulletin boards. That was the first time I’d...

10 Questions for Christopher Kondrich

November 5, 2018 - By

Your back is your voice it speaks volumes.
It is telling me I cannot see what I hear coming from in front of you.
From in front of the circle of backs yours is a part of.
What is happening?
Is there a body?
Is it attached to these sounds of a body in pain?
—from “Ownership of Sight”, Fall 2018 (Vol. 59, Issue 3)

Tell us about one of the first pieces you wrote.
The first poem I...

10 Questions for Emma Bolden

November 1, 2018 - By Abby MacGregor

He could never trust a thing, he says,
that bleeds for seven days and doesn’t
die. Ha. Just a joke, he says. Lighten up.
Ha. By this red he tries to read me right
between the eyes.
—from “Portrait of the Woman as Blood”, Fall 2018 (Vol. 59, Issue 3)

Tell us...

10 Questions for Leah Poole Osowski

October 29, 2018 - By Abby MacGregor

Wolf throat, words pace
but don’t exit the mouth.
                                      The man in the office
across the hall is going bear hunting this weekend.

All I want to do is jump on the bear’s back
and keep my eyes closed forever.
—from “Domain: Eukarya”, Fall 2018 (Vol. 59, Issue 3)

Tell us about one of the first pieces you wrote.
How the Bong-Kong...