Student Spotlight

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?…

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…

Inter­view What do you write? Short stories about loss, family and growing up; short stories about goblins, super­heroes and post-apoc­­a­­lyp­tic vampire-ridden mil­i­taris­tic soci­eties; YA dystopi­an novels about teenage princess­es and secret agents running around saving the world. One-minute plays, which are fun and ridicu­lous and smash…

Inter­view What do you write? I write fiction—right now I’m writing a series about a family of women healers. While set in the real world of thir­­teenth-century Corn­wall, the story fea­tures mys­ti­cal under­pin­nings and hints of magic. Book One, Megge of Bury Down, is sched­uled for release on…

Inter­view What do you write? High and Epic fantasy about the con­flict between fate and free will. At least, that’s what every­thing I write trends towards, kind of like how toast falls butter side down no matter how hard you flip it. Is there an author or…