Inspiration from Komal Mathew
Volume 40.1 features three poems by Komal Mathew, found here. We asked Mathew to share the inspiration behind these [read more]
Contributor Reads, COVID-19 Edition
We asked contributor Sari Fordham from our new issue, Volume 40.1, to share thoughts on writing and life in quarantine. Read her essay “The Mountain Lions of [read more]
What inspires you? COVID-19 Edition
We asked poet Ruth Bardon from our forthcoming issue for a take on inspiration during the coronavirus pandemic. Read [read more]
Contributor Reads, COVID-19
William Fargason, whose poem “Sieve” appears in Volume 36.2-3, has a debut book of poems, Love Song to the Demon-Possessed [read more]
Contributor Reads
Map to the Stars, the fourth poetry collection from National Book Award and Pulitzer [read more]
Inspiration(s) for “The Working-Class Ophelia”
STEPHANIE DICKINSON
Frozen like a thing of stone
I sit in thy shadow [read more]
Inspiration from Julie Marie Wade
THE ADVENT CALENDAR AS HERMIT CRAB
I wrote “Advent” in autumn 2018 while [read more]
What inspires you? Amy Stuber answers.
We asked Spring issue contributor Amy Stuber to share what inspired her story “Picturebook,” and we [read more]
What inspires you? Aline Mello answers.
We asked Lost & Found issue contributor Aline Mello to share what inspired her poem “Studying for the Citizenship Test with My Mother,” [read more]
Origins and Inspiration from Raul Palma
Raul Palma
UNIVERSAL JUDGMENT
I wrote the first draft of “[read more]
Inspiration from Kieran Wray Kramer
SEE AND BUILD
For me, with writing, I know a story will come. This is a gift my childhood gave me. And it’s because I lived close to the [read more]
