Benjamin Woodard and Michelle Ross talk microfiction vs. short stories, how to organize a book of 57 stories, and Ross’s new collection, They Kept Running, out now from the University of North Texas Press.
“We soon learn that tragedy isn’t exactly foreign to the Cordova family.” Michelle Ross reviews Kali Fajardo-Anstine’s debut collection, Sabrina and Corina, out now from One World.
“These are stories about hurt.” Michelle Ross navigates the pains and pleasures of Maryse Meijer’s new collection, Rag, out now from FSG.
“All the primary characters are projections of my personality, but the roaches most embody who I am”: Alice Hatcher chats with Michelle Ross about her debut novel, The Wonder That Was Ours, winner of Dzanc’s 2017 Prize for Fiction.
“It’s no accident that I do most of my writing at the kitchen table. To me the creative process is manifested in all three things: baking, gardening, writing”: Sherrie Flick talks with Michelle Ross about flash fiction, happy endings, food, and her new collection, Thank Your Lucky Stars, out now from Autumn House Press.
“The fun part of writing for me is the inspiration and initial outpouring; the painful part is spending five hours paring away 250 words. It’s like sticking pins in my eyes”: Kim Magowan answers Michelle Ross’s questions about her path to fiction, her writing process, and Undoing, her debut collection, out next week from Moon City Press.
“It didn’t really occur to me that my stories were so much about sex until I started getting the blurbs for my book”: Siel Ju chats with Michelle Ross about her new novel-in-stories, Cake Time.
“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.
