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Essay: Notes on Revisiting the ‘Immigrant’ in Immigrant Writing
Manini Nayar, writer of “Triptych, With Interruptions,” featured in the Fall 2019 edition of Shenandoah, shares her thoughts on the power of immigrant stories and her experience writing Being Here, in the essay below. Read “Triptych, With Interruptions” here. Notes on Revisiting the ‘Immigrant’ in Immigrant Writing In writing my collection of stories, […]
Language, Connection, and Motherhood: A Conversation with April Yee
April Yee, the poet behind “Motherhood,” featured in the Spring 2022 issue of Shenandoah, offers her unique insight on womanhood and poetry. In a conversation with Shenandoah intern Susannah Birle, April talks about the importance of language, her work as a journalist, and her own experience as a mother. Check out her poem, “Motherhood,” […]
Trying to get the verbs right: David Interviews Megan Snyder-Camp
David Siew Hii, our editorial fellow in poetry for issue 72.2, interviewed every poet in the issue. To better center their voices, they removed their questions, giving them more space to talk about poetry and life. The document that follows is a curated, compressed version of that conversation. Read Megan’s poem “V.” In […]
Six Quotes Explained from T.S Bender’s “Bellarosa”
T.S Bender, author of “Bellarosa”, featured in Volume 72.2, explains the behind-the-scenes of several passages from his story, revealing his revision process and the characters’ inner sentiments. Where did you find inspiration for the detailed descriptions of wood chipping? “For weeks we’d been taking down trees all over the golf course at […]
Chelsea Harlan Reads “When Foamhenge Was Still Where It Was”
Chelsea Harlan, author of “When Foamhenge Was Still Where It Was” from Volume 72.2, reads her poem out loud.
Six Questions for Irène Mathieu about her New Collection, “Milk Tongue”
Irène Mathieu, featured in Volume 68.2, published her fourth collection of poetry, milk tongue, on June 13th, 2023. Here, she responds to questions about the book and her writing process. Can you tell me the story of this book: When did you start working on it? What were some of your preoccupations as […]
Yuan Changming Reads “Lesson One in Chinese Character/s: a Bilinguacultural Poem about Heart”
Yuan Changming, author of “Lesson One in Chinese Character/s: a Bilinguacultural Poem about Heart” from Volume 72.2, reads his poem out loud.
A cross cultural understanding: David interviews Yuan Changming
David Siew Hii, our editorial fellow in poetry for issue 72.2, interviewed every poet in the issue. To better center their voices,they removed their questions, giving them more space to talk about poetry and life. The document that follows is a curated, compressed version of that conversation. Read Yuan’s poem “Lesson One in Chinese Character/s: […]
Lauren Camp Reads “Cell Theory”
Lauren Camp reads her poem “Cell Theory” from Shenandoah Issue 72.2, Spring 2023.