Mar 11, 2024 | Craft, Stories & Poetry
This is Part 2 of my conversation with Kasper Salonen whose poetic and translation influences include Arto Melleri, Dylan Thomas, Sylvia Plath, Zach de la Rocha, Eminem, Federico García Lorca, Aaro Hellaakoski, Ted Hughes, Emily Dickinson, E.E. Cummings, Allen...
Sep 3, 2023 | Book Reviews, Craft
As we work through our drafts, the question of who’s the narrator and what point of view (POV) should I choose arises. Frederik Reiken suggests in his essay, The Author-Narrator-Merge, Why Many First-Time Novelists Wind up with Flat, Uninteresting Protagonists, that...
Aug 24, 2023 | Book Reviews, Craft
I recently met with author Devi Laskar (THE ATLAS OF REDS AND BLUES, CIRCA). I met Devi at a writing residency earlier in the year. Her presentation captivated me, and I couldn’t wait to dive into her books. THE ATLAS OF REDS AND BLUES was a Washington Post...
