Alex Chornyj has been writing for approximately forty years and has been published in books, journals, magazines, and in online publications. He actively reads on monthly blog talk radio poetry shows. His writing has an esoteric, ethereal thread to its origins...

In this episode we connect with Natasha Lester, author of The Paris Orphan and The Riviera House. Natasha discusses Joan Didion's book, Slouching Towards Bethlehem as one of the most influential books introduced to her. Natasha shares her appreciation for...

In this episode we connect with Nawaaz Ahmed, author of the book Radiant Fugitives. Nawaaz picks the book Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino as his inspiration and the book he couldn't live without. He shares how the introduction to the...

Bradley Sides’ writing appears at Chapter 16, Chicago Review of Books, Electric Literature, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Millions, The Rumpus, Southern Review of Books, and elsewhere. He holds an MA in English from the University of North Alabama and is an...

Marilyn Peterson Haus learned to read and write in a one-room school set in the midst of a sea of corn, and then rode a rickety yellow school bus seven miles to the nearest town (population 700) for middle and high...

Jenn Shapland is a writer and archivist living in New Mexico. Her first book, My Autobiography of Carson McCullers, was a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award and won the Lambda Literary award. She has a PhD in English from...