On Religion, Feminism, and writing Korean-American Characters: An Interview with R. O. Kwon
In her powerful debut novel The Incendiaries, R.O. Kwon explores the grief that comes with losing religious faith, abortion center bombings, cults, and first love through startlingly inventive prose. Phoebe... Read More
Don’t Pander to Your Presumed Reader: Jamel Brinkley in Conversation with Crystal Hana Kim
When I began Jamel Brinkley’s debut collection, A Lucky Man, I read slowly to draw out my time with his stories. I was astounded by the beauty and heartbreak in... Read More
Making Visible the Losses of Gentrification: An Interview with Naima Coster
In Halsey Street, Penelope Grand, a young artist, moves back to Bed-Stuy, where she was raised, to help watch after her father, Ralph. Penelope finds her Brooklyn neighborhood rapidly gentrifying.... Read More
We Outlast Empire: Kenji Liu on Frankenpoetry, Monsters, and Toxic Masculinity
Kenji Liu’s “Now I know What It’s Like” closes out “We Outlast Empire,” a series that challenges the political transgressions of our current U.S. presidency. Liu’s poem tackles the relationship... Read More
On Empire: Muriel Leung in conversation with MT Vallarta
We Outlast Empire is a recurring series which aims to highlight poetry that explores the many angles of our current global and political situation. With words, we hope, we may transmute a part... Read More
“Promoting love in the wake of violence is a revolutionary act”: An Interview with Poet Evan Cutts
Last week we featured three poems by Evan Cutts, a 23-year old poet from Boston who has a remarkable way of using language to, as he expresses, “re-claim and re-contextualize,” systems... Read More