I was happy to see two familiar names on the cover of the Spring issue of the Colorado Review, but it was a conjunction that really caught my eye. Kim Magowan and Michelle Ross. And!!! When I got done reading Twenty-three Safety Manuals, a twenty-one-page short story gem, I wanted to know more. How did… Read More Kim Magowan and Michelle Ross
I’ve been thinking a lot this week about what I would do with the anniversary of my dad’s death on February 28, 2020. I thought about re-publishing my non-fiction piece in Hobart about our week in the hospital and life leading up to it but that didn’t feel right. It’s got a great home at… Read More Jim Kratz
Taylor Byas is a Black poet and essayist. Originally from Chicago, she moved to Alabama for six years, where she received both her Bachelor’s degree in English and her Master’s degree in English (Creative Writing concentration) from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Taylor currently lives in Cincinnati, Ohio where she is a second year… Read More Taylor Byas
Moisés R. Delgado is a queer Latinx writer from the Midwest. His prose appears in or is forthcoming from The Pinch, Puerto del Sol, Passages North, Pidgeonholes, Homology Lit, and elsewhere. Moisés can often be found dancing on the moon. We’re happy to have got the chance to interview Moisés and to re-present writing of his from Passages North. One… Read More Moisés R. Delgado
Originally from Western New York, Jasmine Sawers now lives and writes outside St. Louis. Her work has appeared in such publications as Ploughshares, Fairy Tale Review, and [PANK]. She is a proud Kundiman fellow and graduate of the MFA program at Indiana University. She can be followed on Twitter @sawers. We’re happy to interview her here and republish… Read More Jasmine Sawers
Jules ArcherPaperback | 82 Pages 978-1-7345158-0-0 | First Edition | $16.99Thirty West Publishing House| BUY HERE Don’t let the title fool you. Little Feasts is a huge serving of robust storytelling. In these nineteen short-stories, averaging about four pages each, Archer works fast and forceful, with premises that are funny and new, shocking but never… Read More ‘Little Feasts’ by Jules Archer Reviewed by Al Kratz
Jen Fawkes has been a waitress, a tax preparer, a bartender, a museum interpreter, a cleaning woman, and a college professor. Her debut story collection, MANNEQUIN AND WIFE, was published in September 2020 from LSU Press. Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in One Story, Crazyhorse, The Iowa Review, Shenandoah, Michigan Quarterly Review, and other journals.… Read More Jen Fawkes
Robin Bissett is a teaching artist and writer from Central Texas. She enjoys sharing stories and strengthening literary communities. We got the chance to ask Robin a few questions and are also happy to re-present her story “Kids” which first appeared in Burning House Press. “Kids” is a touching look at the tensions of imagination,… Read More Robin Bissett
Kaj Tanaka‘s fiction has appeared in New South, New Ohio Review, Joyland, and Tin House. His stories have been selected for The Best Small Fictions 2018, Best Microfiction 2019, and Wigleaf‘s Top 50 Stories 2019. He teaches creative writing classes at the Harris County Jail in Houston, Texas, and he is a fiction editor for Gulf Coast. It was great to get to… Read More Kaj Tanaka
Lori Sambol Brody lives in the mountains of Southern California. Her short fiction has been published in Smokelong Quarterly, Tin House Flash Fridays, New Orleans Review, Wigleaf, and elsewhere. Her stories have been chosen for the Wigleaf 50 and the Best Small Fictions 2018 and 2019 anthologies. She can be found on Twitter at @LoriSambolBrody… Read More Lori Sambol Brody
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