The Peak
An Interview with Farah Ali
Farah Ali talks about her new story collection and offers a glimpse into the publication process.
A Correspondence: Yun Wei & Leigh Ann Beavers
From Issue 70.2, poetry contributor Yun Wei and cover artist Leigh Ann Beavers talk nature, naming, discipline, and much more.
On “Persimmons”
Ann Fisher-Wirth explores haunting, wholeness, and the process of dying in her essay on “Persimmons.”
“A Little Bit Blown Apart”: On Dispellations
Anna Maria Hong discusses fairytales, form, and her history with writing and poetry.
On Revision and Backward Chronology in “Belly and the Hatchet”
Molly Gutman offers a behind-the-scenes look at her writing process for her short story “Belly and the Hatchet.”
Recollections then-and-now: Bones of a city
Sneha Subramanian Kanta and her father, Mr. Subramanian Swaminathan reflect on the changes they have witnessed in Mumbai that inspired Sneha’s “When a Familiar City Becomes a Eulogy of Loss.”
Magic Spells and Mirrored Boxes
Luke Munson on his poem, “To visit the country of shadows,” and his sources of linguistic inspiration.
All My Friends
JP Vallières on his nonfiction piece “Class of ’98: Village of Adams,” exploring schizophrenia through his works, and writing from memory.
The Body’s Betrayal
Renee Emerson on living with grief and writing about loss in her poem, “Secret”