
Family: An Interview with Norma Smith
by Rochelle Spencer
I’m sure it was both my grandmother’s love of books and the family stories about my grandfather that influenced who I became.

The Great Librarian Roundtable
Interviews by Kent Oswald
Libraries are changing, and librarians are adapting heroically.

Take Five With Roy White
We discovered the joy of Roy White’s poetry at our sister magazine, The Lascaux Review, where his piece “Improv” snatched the air from our lungs.

Thug Notes: The Interview
by Kent Oswald
Since its 2013 debut, Thug Notes has attracted millions of clicks by engaging audiences with sophisticated analysis in a unique format.

Interview with Andy Stewart, F&SF Writer
by Tina Cabrera
Andy Stewart has always put writing first, which I admire—the fortitude and endurance it takes to do so with all the challenges life brings.

Antoine Bargel: Self Interview
And now for something different. The author of yesterday’s fiction piece, “German Love Song,” graciously offered to interview himself.

Take Five with Cynthia Manick
Cynthia Manick, June’s Poet in Residence, graciously answers our Take Five, a feature where we ask writers of various disciplines the same set of questions to ascertain where our commonalities converge and divide.

Four Poems & a Chat with Kelly Davio
I fell in love with poetry when I was a teenager. I was assigned “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” in a class, and I couldn’t get enough of that poem; I didn’t understand a lick of it, of course, but the sounds and the rhythms cracked something open in me.

Take Five with George Drew
We met George Drew through January’s Poet in Residence, Harry Newman. George joined us with the essay, “I Beg You Ezra,” in April and will celebrate the release of his latest book of poetry, Pastoral Habits (Texas Review Press), May 15th.

Four Poems by N. Muma Alain
Be careful what you say / For your tongue is a wand that casts powerful spells / Spells that build, spells that destroy

Take Five With Leesa Cross-Smith
Leesa’s stories invite the reader to the table, pour them a couple fingers of something good, and leave them reeling.

Take Five with Harry Newman
Arresting, spare, and timely, Newman’s poems confront the urban political rather than the pastoral we see so often as editors.

Take Five with Logen Cure
Today our December Poet in Residence, Logen Cure, participates in our Take Five feature, where we ask writers of various disciplines the same set of questions to ascertain where our commonalities converge and divide.

Take Five with Brendan Constantine
Today we give you Brendan Constantine, our October Poet in Residence, taking part in our traditional Take Five interview with equal parts delight and torment.