This is an edited transcription of a longer interview conducted over Zoom, available in-full below. Sean Murphy reads the opening of his story “Going to Graceland” (Volume 67, issue 3) from 11:38–14:41. Tell us about your relationship to writing. It started at a young age: something about poetry spoke to me. You . . .
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The following is an edited transcription of a longer Zoom conversation, which is available in-full below. Kindig reads his poem “The Problem of Survival” from 7:39–8:40. Tell us about your relationship to writing. This is a big, big question, so I’ll try to do it justice… I’m trained in several different kinds . . .
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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 . . .
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Editor’s note: The following text is an edited transcription of a longer conversation conducted over Zoom, available in full below. Joan Cambridge-Mayfield reads “Guava Season in Exxon Guyana’s Cash-Grant Line” (Volume 67, issue 2) from 39:38–41:50, and Jeremy Jacob Peretz reads Grace Nichols’s “Blackout” (Volume 35, issue 3/4) from 43:50– 46:11. Tell . . .
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Editor’s note: The text here is an edited transcription of a larger conversation conducted over Zoom, which appears in full below. Waters reads her poem “—And Also Sex” (Volume 67, issue 2) from 11:40–13:19. Tell us about yourself and your relationship to writing. What do you normally write about? What do I . . .
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Editor’s note: The text here is an edited transcription of a larger conversation conducted over Zoom, which appears in full below. Melpignano reads her translations of Leonardo Tonini’s poems “6.” from [25:52 – 26:27] and “12.” from [28:16 – 28:40]. Music credit to Nicholaas Stulting, “Everyday.” Introduce yourself, your relationship to writing . . .
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This is an edited transcription of a larger recorded conversation between Kelsi Vanada and Emilio Jurado Naón, available in full below. Vanada is the translator, and Naón the author, of the novel Agustina Paz, an excerpt of which is featured in our Summer 2026 issue. Readings from the novel excerpt happen in . . .
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An excerpt of “Geographical Histories of Centralia, Kansas,” written and read by Jodi Cressman.The full piece appears in our Summer 2026 issue. Tell us about your relationship to writing. For most of my professional life, I was an academic writer composing scholarly essays for a narrow audience of contemporary literature subspecialists. Then, . . .
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Photo credit: Sarah Deragon Note: This is an edited transcription of an interview conducted over Zoom. The full interview, featuring more in-depth answers and back-and-forths, is available below. Gunawan reads the poem “Go Back Home” from 14:45–16:25. Tell us about your relationship to translation. My God, where do I start? I feel like . . .
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Photo credit: Eloi Scarva Note: This is an edited transcription of an interview conducted over Zoom. The full interview, featuring more in-depth answers and back-and-forths, is available below. Gómez reads his poem “Fillers” from 11:06–13:17. Tell us about your relationship to writing, especially poetry. It was a very, very long shot for me . . .
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