Broadsides

Tell us about your relationship to writing. I did not always want to be a writer. As a young person I only really encountered writing through school, so I understood it as a scholastic/academic activity. AKA, boring. I have always read, however. To this day I feel that books are the closest . . .

Poetry and ritual event at 10 Forward (now Last Ditch) in 2022, author’s own collection. A little over two weeks ago, the small town where I live—Greenfield, Massachusetts—made national news. The Boston Globe had caught wind of community conflict at our local lesbian bar, Last Ditch, and was airing it out to . . .

Editor’s Note: The following is an edited transcription of a larger Zoom interview, available in-full below. Kevin D. Jordan reads from his story, “The Forest as Witness” (Volume 67, issue 3), from 9:08–12:00. Tell us about yourself and your relationship to writing. It’s been a long and gradual road for me. In . . .