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10 Questions for Joanna Luloff

- By Edward Clifford

I used to start each day with the same ritual. I would look in the mirror and say my name out loud. "Abigail," I said , letting the sound of my dhort and long a's surround me in the still -dim light. Then I would say "Abbie," the name I used to go by at school, when school was still something you could go to. Then I said "Abs," the name my mom and dad and brother used to call me.
—from "Words," Volume 62, Issue 1 (Spring 2021)

Tell us about one of the first pieces you wrote.
In junior high, a MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) representative came to our school. She discussed the dangers of drinking and driving, and the injuries her son struggled with (he had been a passenger in a car crash...

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10 Questions for Linda Dittmar

- By Edward Clifford

It was the promise that the trees will soon be strong enough for climbing that kept me looking forward to my family's picnics. This was back during the short hiatus that separated the traumas of World War II from the violence that saw the birth of Israel in 1948. The promise was a lie, of course, though as a child I did not yet know it. There were other lies, too, for me to learn about, though that came later, much later.
—from "The Clearing," Volume 62, Issue 1 (Spring 2021)

Tell us about one of the first pieces you wrote.
“Lights Vanish in Lifta,” which ended up in Shifting Sands, writing by Jewish Women resisting the Occupation. Mine is a short collection of memoir vignettes that began as an exercise...

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10 Questions for Joanne Godley

- By Edward Clifford

The term slave refers to a faceless and nameless group of bodies: bodies brought to the United States and worked, tortured, and discarded for more than four centuries. In contrast to individuals who perished in the Holocaust, there are few true records of slaves having lived their lives as fully actualized people. Of course, there are slave sale ledgers and insurance logs and even some veterinary logs that remain; however, it is not the same.
—from "A Herstory of Pain," Volume 62, Issue 1 (Spring 2021)

Tell us about one of the first pieces you wrote.
I was in the 3rd grade when I wrote my first piece. It was a story 'after’ a popular TV show, The Parent Trap; likely, the only TV show I was...

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10 Questions for Amaia Gabantxo

- By Edward Clifford

I want to tell you an unlikely story. I'd find it hard to believe if it hadn't happened to me, so I'll understand if you choose to take it with a pinch of salt. I assure you, however, that every word you're about to read is true. I hope you'll be able to take what you need for your own life from this tale.
—from "Bele & Zozo," Volume 62, Issue 1 (Spring 2021)

Tell us about one of the first pieces you wrote.
A few years ago I found a school binder with a story I (aged 7) had no recollection of penning. It was the story of a girl who went to a funeral where everybody in attendance died “of pity and sorrow” except her. Then, at the funerals of all those people who had died in the first funeral,...

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