Interviews with Poets & Writers
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Teresa Burns
For Teresa burns, storytelling is key. She discusses the theme of letting go in her writing
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Tim Wendell
Tim Wendell discusses how perseverance of the underdog, group dynamics, and baseball all factor into his writing.
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Raquel Cepeda
Raquel Cepeda discusses the exploration of self and identity beyond the ethnic/racial check-boxes.
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Eamonn Wall
Eamonn Wall is an Irish poet who explores place and landscape as identity in his writing.
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Doritt Carroll
Dorritt Carroll discusses the theme of isolation in her poetry.
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Sharon Short
Sharon Short doesn’t need much to get the writing process going. She discusses how one brief comment lead to My One Square Inch of Alaska.
Clarence Brown
After surviving twenty-seven years of street life, heroin, and other drugs, Clarence Brown found clarity and hope in writing.
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Betty Prioleau
Betty Prioleau is reinventing love for the twenty-first century. Find out what motivates this romance writer.
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Virginia Pye
Virginia Pye discusses conflicts within families and how generations define themselves.
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Melissa Scholes-Young
Melissa Scholes-Young discusses the opportunities to engage in feedback from her writing.
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Kathryn Johnson
Kathryn Johnson discusses how writing is “a little like playing God.” Also, what it’s like to write under multiple pen names.
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Richard Peabody
Richard Peabody explains why so many novels fall apart after the first three chapters. And then he offers a solution.
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Peter Geye
Peter Geye writes about the immigrant experience and describes his research process like going into a jungle.
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Ed Falco
Ed Flaco discusses balancing family, teaching, and writing.