From teenage friendship and class inequality to comedy and the long road to publication, Richardson reflects on the ideas and experiences that shaped Paradise Pawn.
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The Impractical, the Unlikely, the Impossible: A Conversation with Angela Ball
Through leaps and revelations, the speaker of Angela Ball’s poems in her new collection, “Steeplechase,” shows how the boundaries between places don’t really separate them but shape how they come into relation with one another.
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Resilient and Adaptable Women: In Conversation with Lauren Osborn
Weird is good. Everything is weird when observed through an unfamiliar lens.
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“The Kids Are Going to Learn. Who’s Going to Teach Them?” An Interview with Joe Bond
I’ve just always thought that fiction would get me closer to the truth of that world. I didn’t want to be beholden to facts.
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Voting Rights and Community Care in “Ballot”
A conversation with Anjali Enjeti on her recent book, “Ballot,” part of Bloomsbury’s Object Lessons series.
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Coming of Age in Appalachian Country: “Into the Night Woods” by Davis Enloe
An interview with Davis Enloe on his new novel, “Into the Night Woods.”
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A Conversation on Grief, Sonnets and Ekphrasis with D.S. Waldman and Austin Araujo
An interview with poet D.S. Waldman on his recent collection, “Atria.”
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A New Southern Magical Realism: An Interview with Robert Gwaltney
An interview with Robert Gwaltney, author of “Sing Down the Moon.”
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“Maybe the Body” Explores Personal and Political Connections to Place
An interview with poet Asa Drake on her collection, “Maybe the Body.”
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Writing “the Necessary Poems”: An Interview with Lolita Stewart-White
An interview with Lolita Stewart-White about her poetry collection, “black frag/ments.”
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