5Qs with Kirsten is a short interview where Kirsten Reneau and a writer discuss work that has recently appeared on the podcast Micro. In Sisters by Anna Cabe, the author invokes the feeling of hearing a fairytale you think you know, but forget the ending to. With tight sentences and delicious use of repetition, CabeContinue reading “5Qs with Kirsten: Anna Cabe”
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5Qs with Kirsten: Lisa Suhair Majaj
5Qs with Kirsten is a short interview where Kirsten Reneau and a writer discuss work that has recently appeared on the podcast Micro. F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote, “There are all kinds of love in this world but never the same love twice.” I would argue that the same is true of grief. These twoContinue reading “5Qs with Kirsten: Lisa Suhair Majaj”
Cheryl Pappas on “Homework” and Hermit Crab Flash
Cheryl Pappas is one of those remarkably intuitive writers whose every word—every image—makes sense, coming together like an intricately woven tapestry. It’s only through analysis that her craft choices—the threads of that tapestry—truly become apparent. The common element in Cheryl’s work is control. Whether it’s a raw, unfurling anaphora like “Spent” in HAD, or aContinue reading “Cheryl Pappas on “Homework” and Hermit Crab Flash”