Inter­view What do you write?  I write Maine based stories, mostly fiction with an under­cur­rent of non­fic­tion.  I have written numer­ous short stories and poems and am now trying to expand my reper­toire to include a novel. Is there an author or artist who has most…

Inter­view What do you write? It’s absolute­ly a cliché for me to say this, but… every­thing. I have three chap­books of pub­lished poetry — one of which is 5–7‑5 English Lan­guage Haiku — and I’ve had one of my haiku pieces repub­lished in the Eastern Structures…

Inter­view What do you write? Twenty nine years ago when I grad­u­at­ed with a B.A. in English Lit, I thought my ability to write aca­d­e­m­ic papers qual­i­fied me to write fiction, though I had zero cre­ative writing expe­ri­ence. I smugly typed out twenty-five pages that I…

Inter­view What do you write? I have an aca­d­e­m­ic pub­lish­ing back­ground, but recent­ly decided to take a cre­ative turn, because aca­d­e­m­ic lingo felt too con­form­ing, distant, and pre­ten­tious. Since I had dabbled in per­son­al essays for a while (a column about being an ex-pat, a blog,…

Inter­view What do you write? Many years ago I wrote fiction that never left my desktop. Now I mostly write per­son­al essay, mostly about family and pol­i­tics, although I still some­times fan­ta­size about fiction. Is there an author or artist who has most pro­found­ly influ­enced your work?…

teri elam ~ poet and former Poetry Editor for the Stonecoast Review Where did you grow up and why did you start writing poetry? It was at my neigh­bor­hood school, Terrace Manor Ele­men­tary, in Augusta, Georgia where I fell in love with my first poem,…

Inter­view What do you write? My writing usually rides the line between con­tem­po­rary and magical realism. Some things I like to include are covens, lakes at sunrise, obelisks, pink lip­stick, and the Pacific North­west. Is there an author or artist who has most pro­found­ly influ­enced your work?…

Inter­view What do you write? I was a weird kid once, so I’m drawn to writing stories about weird kids in weird places who get caught up in weird sit­u­a­tions. Just give them some agency and turn them loose and see what happens. Genre-wise, this ranges…

Inter­view What do you write? While my pre­vi­ous pub­lish­ing career was in non­fic­tion, I am cur­rent­ly focus­ing on writing fiction and am working on a novel. I am also writing short stories and like the short story form because it forces the writer to make every…

Inter­view What do you write? I write fiction, mostly short or short-ish stories. I think Raymond Carver said it best—with short stories, you can get in, get out, and move on. I’m always afraid of getting lost if I hang out in the world I’ve created…