Interviewing Elizabeth Genovise

“It is a very feminine process—long periods of quiet incubation, followed by a painful delivery (the production of the actual work). During those stretches of incubation, I’m reading constantly and filling notebooks with everything from stray images to little pieces of dialogue.”

Interviewing Jack B. Bedell

“I do my best to stay open to life, to find the good in the day, so I am always receptive to poems life hands me. I am constantly taking notes toward poems and trying to organize my thoughts in that direction.”

Interviewing David Armand

“For me, almost all reading is pleasurable. And I can learn from it, even the bad stuff. But I particularly like long novels where I can spend weeks or even months with the characters—thinking about them throughout the day and looking forward to the next morning when I can spend time with them again.”

Blue Dress Wearing a Small Girl

Honored to have my work share a binding with so many talented writers. Thanks Plainsongs for giving our words a home! Find the issue here.

An Interview with Thomas V. Nguyen

“I am fortunate to constantly be traversing a line between science and poetry, and when I am feeling inadequate in one, I spend time with the other.” As part of Texas Review Press’s #TRPQA series, I recently had the wonderful experience of interviewing poet and medical student, Thomas V. Nguyen. Among other things, we discussed

Interviewing Dylan Fisher

“‘Is this gonna be a grain book or a heart book?’ Nonsense! Great books hit both—and hit hard.”