Why Use Nine Words When You Can Use Two? Be Brief
by David Galef
David Galef reflects on the writing of his new book, Brevity: A Flash Fiction Handbook
David Galef reflects on the writing of his new book, Brevity: A Flash Fiction Handbook
Debra Spark on what’s funny in fiction—and what’s not. “The humor that works in literary fiction, the humor I like, is female. I mean ‘female’ in a pretty stereotypical way here. I don’t mean that the literary work is by women, per se, but that it is relational.”
“The story evolves, and I evolve with it”: Michelle Ross chats with Eleanor Gallagher about growing up, flash fiction, and her debut collection, There’s So Much They Haven’t Told You.
In 2011 Michael Rudin reviewed Issue #4 of PANK and spoke with co-founder Roxane Gay.
Mary Stewart Atwell talks with Alan Heathcock as part of her interview series with writers of rural fiction, undertaken in partnership with The Art of the Rural. The two discuss Heathcock’s debut collection, Volt, as well as his Midwestern influences, film, politics, and more.
“To love and to express it is to be vulnerable. To create works of art is to be vulnerable, and it’s hard for people to let themselves be vulnerable. Especially in this world, where the internet lets us democratically savage one another, it’s even scarier, but the courage to be an artist means also the courage to love and to express it.” So says Robert Olen Butler in this candid interview with Emily Alford.
“I didn’t want to shy away from giving Ecuadorians central roles in the book for fear of misrepresenting something”: Katherine Sherbrooke with Lynne Griffin on writing about South America, female friendship, and her debut novel, Fill the Sky.
“Once you know you can be kicked out of Eden, it becomes a place of utter dread; you’re constantly waiting, looking over your shoulder, wondering if today will be the day”: Scott Nadelson discusses the dread of paradise.
In this 2009 interview from our archives, Lee Thomas talks with Aravind Adiga about neo-realism, myth, and being a misfit.
Jennifer Solheim talks with Sam Allingham about his debut collection, The Great American Song Book, as well as the role music played in shaping these stories, borrowed forms, and what it was like to release a book the week after the presidential election.
