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Image is the book cover for ACETYLENE TORCH SONGS by Sue William Silverman; title card for the new interview with Sabina Abd Livadariu.

Interview: Sue William Silverman

July 31, 2024

  More and more, I think about how, at its base, creating art is not a solitary experience but one meant to be shared with friends and like-minded people. In her recent craft book, Acetylene Torch Songs: Writing True Stories…

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Image is the book cover for THE TRANSLATOR'S DAUGHTER by Grace Loh Prasad; title card for the new interview with Susan Kiyo Ito.

Interview: Grace Loh Prasad

July 26, 2024

  Grace Loh Prasad is a literary sister of mine in many ways. She is a good friend, fellow memoirist, and neighbor. We are both members of The Writers Grotto and The Ruby communities in San Francisco, and alumnae of…

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Image is a color photograph of open books; title card for the new craft essay, "A Contemporary Continuous Present: Revisiting the Work of Gertrude Stein," by Emilee Prado.

A Contemporary Continuous Present: Revisiting the Work of Gertrude Stein

July 24, 2024

  By Emilee Prado • The writing of Gertrude Stein, although idiosyncratic in genre and subject matter, might be best distinguished by its style. Both her poems and her longer works have been called literary cubism. They are impressionistic, introspective,…

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Image is the book cover for WE WERE THE UNIVERSE by Kimberly King Parsons; title card for the new interview with Rowena Leong Singer.

Interview: Kimberly King Parsons

July 11, 2024

  Kimberly King Parsons, whose sparkling debut novel We Were the Universe is a USA Today national bestseller, is serving as our guest judge for the CRAFT 2024 First Chapters Contest. From the outset, Associate Editor Rowena Leong Singer was…

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Image is the book cover for THE NIGHT PARADE by Jami Nakamura Lin; title card for the new interview with Sohini Basak.

Interview: Jami Nakamura Lin

July 5, 2024

  Jami Nakamura Lin’s The Night Parade: A Speculative Memoir is a book that transcends genre boundaries. Weaving personal history with folklore, Lin presents an expansive psychological landscape that traces her own mental health journey against the backdrop of her family.…

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Image is the book cover for CRAFT: STORIES I WROTE FOR THE DEVIL by Ananda Lima; title card for the new interview with Stephanie Trott.

Conversations Between Friends: Stephanie Trott and Ananda Lima

June 3, 2024

  Ananda Lima is an alchemist. With a spellbinding touch, her writing transmutes the mundane into the extraordinary, summoning readers to journey alongside her through the complexities of a global life. In her debut short story collection, Craft: Stories I…

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Image is the book covers for LESSONS FROM THE CLIMATE CHANGE COUNSELING BOOTH by Kate Schapira and THE AGE OF DEER by Erika Howsare; title card for the new conversation between the authors.

Conversations Between Friends: Kate Schapira and Erika Howsare

May 31, 2024

  Seven years ago, we—Kate Schapira and Erika Howsare—published a collaborative volume of poetry, which no one bought. Kate has published half a dozen other books of poetry and teaches writing at Brown University; Erika has one solo poetry book…

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Image is the book cover for THE PRICE OF COOKIES by Finnian Burnett; title card for the new hybrid interview with Michelle Sinclair.

Hybrid Interview: Finnian Burnett

May 29, 2024

  Essay by Michelle Sinclair • If one were asked to compare the experience of reading to that of eating a dessert, would it be so far-fetched to connect reading flash fiction and enjoying a cookie? Both are “bite-sized” and…

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Image is a color photograph of a moss-covered tree; title card for the new critical essay, "Mother-Writers Are Writers," by Ann Guy.

Mother-Writers Are Writers

May 22, 2024

  By Ann Guy • Wading through a sea of blond hair and blue eyes every day felt normal in the tiny, rural Western Michigan town where I grew up. So did biking to the public library and loading up…

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Image is the book cover for THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES by Deesha Philyaw; title card for the new interview with Courtney Harler.

Interview: Deesha Philyaw

May 9, 2024

  Deesha Philyaw, acclaimed author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, is graciously serving as our guest judge for the CRAFT 2024 Short Fiction Prize. In this interview conducted over email, Editor in Chief Courtney Harler asks Deesha to…

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