The Peak: Feature

Intern Chloe Duensing emailed with editorial fellow Mubanga Kalimamukwento to discuss her life, her work, and what she is looks for as an editor.

This digital quilt, created by Shenandoah intern Kalli Walsh, represents the pieces that make up Volume 73.1. Here, she explains the process of creating this quilt: “My idea for the quilt project was to highlight how all of the different works of Shenandoah come together to form one cohesive edition, despite the differences in medium and content. After […]

Athena Dixon, author of the nonfiction essay “Distillation,” featured in Volume 70.2 of Shenandoah, discusses horror video games as writing inspiration, finding curiosity in life, and reexamining loneliness during her experience writing The Loneliness Files, in the essay below. Read “Distillation” here. How do you write a book about loneliness when all the world is at […]

Huge congratulations to Majda Gama for winning Shenandoah’s Graybeal-Gowen Prize this year for her poem “In Great Aunt Noor’s Salon”! Judge Anna Maria Hong said, “I’m enthralled by this poem’s movements recollecting recent wars and their reverberations through our current catastrophes, the collateral and casual destructions of empire, as the poet deftly traverses time and place, melding […]

A Chance to Play Robert James Russell, author of the comic “How to Make a Full English” from volume 73.1, speaks with editor DW McKinney about losing and finding his way back to comics. For those unfamiliar, what is an English breakfast? An English Breakfast is traditionally like bacon, […]

K Chiucarello, author of Water Works featured in Volume 72.1 of Shenandoah, speaks about the aftermath of trauma and the journey to writing about it in the following essay.

Janna Miller, the author of the nonfiction piece Better Homes and Gardens featured in Volume 72.2 of Shenandoah, writes about the relationship between writing, wild words, and invasive vines in this piece. Read Better Homes and Gardens here. Some words are true and grow wildly and without restraint. The wisteria vine will climb over the door […]

Tanya Žilinskas, author of “The Winter Guests” from Volume 72.2, recounts her inspiration for her story revealing the behind-the-scenes of the setting of Mount Imola and the main character’s intentions. Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Summer People” revolves around an aging couple, Mr. and Mrs. Allison, who decide to stay on at their […]

Tom Sokolowski, author of “Feeding Hour” from Volume 72.2, explores the importance of endings as a means to inspire imagination from readers. He discusses pieces with memorable endings and argues that the key to an ending that will stick with a reader is a crucial image in the final scene that leaves the readers in […]

Juhea Kim shares how Korean history and her family legacy serve as the foundation for her newly released novel, Beasts of a Little Land.

From Issue 70.2, poetry contributor Yun Wei and cover artist Leigh Ann Beavers talk nature, naming, discipline, and much more.

Translator Harry Morales reflects on his mentor, Gregory Rabassa, and on his craft

Wendy Call on translating Irma Pineda’s poetry