“I Was Searching for Something in Nature to Affirm my Identity”: An Interview with Jennifer Conlon

An interview with Jennifer Conlon about their debut poetry collection, “Taking to Water.”

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“It’s Just the Same Damn Thing”: Molly McGhee on the State of Modern U.S. Work Culture

An interview with Molly McGhee about her new novel, “Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind.”

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The Victim, Detective, and Criminal All at Once: An Interview With David Payne

An interview with author David Payne on his recently reissued books, “Early From the Dance,” “Ruin Creek,” and “Gravesend Light.”

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Ashley Winstead’s “Midnight is the Darkest Hour” is for the Misfits

An interview with Ashley Winstead about her new book, “Midnight is the Darkest Hour.”

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Griot & Grey Owl Aims to Inspire, Connect, and Transform

An interview with the folks behind the Griot & Grey Owl Black Southern Writers Conference.

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Lawrence Wright on “Mr. Texas” and What Makes Texas Special

Lawrence Wright is sitting in his home in Austin. In the background, I can see the warmly toned wall and the beginnings of an angled roof reaching toward a peak off-screen. The partial desk behind him is dark wood and has cloth-bound books on the shelves and notes on the desk. Behind him light trickles…

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“What you see in popular culture is wrong”: An Interview with Ron Rash on Caring for Appalachia Through Fiction

An interview with Ron Rash about his novel, “The Caretaker.”

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The Mechanics of the Death Penalty, Vividly Depicted By Men In Its Grip

An interview with the curator of “Ghosts Over the Boiler,” a collection of poetry and prose written by men on Alabama’s death row.

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“The Beauty of Small Presses Is That They Are Small, Especially in Their Attentions”: an Interview with Han VanderHart of River River Books

An interview with Han VanderHart about their poetry at River River Books.

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“Red Rose Motel” Reads Like a Love Letter to Teachers

Susan Beckham Zurenda draws from decades of teaching experience to craft compelling characters in her second novel.

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