mini-interview with Ben Tanzer
Ben is someone I’ve known for about ten years now. He’s the author of many books and has many projects running seemingly at all times. Anytime I have the...
mini-interview with Elena Passarello
Elena Passarello When I think of Elena Passarello, I think of an essayist who embodies curiosity, humor, and intelligence, then alchemizes these qualities...
mini-interview with Nilsa Ada Rivera
It's Mommy's El Camino! Thanks for riding along. Nilsa on a peak in Puerto Rico In 2021, I met Nilsa Ada Rivera via FaceTime. We had both just signed...
mini-interview with Ursula Villarreal-Moura
Like Happiness, out on 3/26/24 I feel like I've been internet acquainted with Ursula for a long time. She was among some of the people I connected with on...
mini-interview with Tori Holder
Subscribe now Recently, subscriber Tori Holder reached out to me via email. Not sure if you remember this, but two years ago you did a workshop about writing...
mini-interview with Lexi Kent-Monning
Lexi Kent-Monning I've spent some time with Lexi Kent-Monning's work--whether it was choosing her essay when I was a guest editor for Joyland, or most...
mini-interview with Taleen Kali
Before the pandemic I was just beginning to get to know Taleen Kali. Btw, I still have the aloe plant from your pre-pandemic tamale party, Taleen tells...
up in the gloomy humid
my black seam bound by hand
remember
forget
Sunday glove box
reading and listening
clearing out the glove box
calls for submissions and an announcement of next Front Seat Office Hour
In a Brown Study
the beauty of the pained reverie
"what do you call the person who got the worst GPA in their PhD program but still defended successfully? Dr."
a mini-interview with Amy Silverberg
"chismosa by trade," "metiche by heart"
a mini-interview with Isabel Quintero
"I want you to stun me"
a mini-interview with author Corinne Manning
“If you want to say you were born here, lower your knees.”
a mini-interview with Jenny Sadre-Orafai
Still Alive: an excerpt from LJ Pemberton's forthcoming novel from Malarkey Books
"In this story, as in life, there’s no cure for living."
collecting, collaging
Welcome to the Sunday post. If you'd like a roadmap, click here. Something I made who knows exactly when. Subscribe now The favorite things I've ever written...
sensitivities as "discredited knowledge" and a focus of creative work
a mini-interview with Alicia Lochard
re: re: re:
Welcome to the Sunday post. JOIN US on Zoom on Thursday, April 18th, 3pm-4pm Pacific, where Jessica Ceballos y Campbell and I will be in conversation with...
"what’s the worst that could happen to me if I tell this truth"
A mini-interview with Chris J. Rice Chris J. Rice Sitting across from her at an outdoor lunch. Making tamales at my dining room table. Seeing her at the...
"I was put here to write, so I suppose that’s what I’ll continue to do."
a mini-interview with Kasai Richardson
“making less happen and just letting things meander a little”
a mini-interview with Kevin Maloney
"...enough personal exposure. I want to talk to you about this next time we see each other IRL."
a mini-interview with K. Huntress Inskeep
"...I’m very fortunate because I have poetry which they simply cannot take from me."
a mini-interview with Bradley Paul
In the Glovebox
A Friday snack before we get into the heavy stuff on Sunday
greatest hits
Welcome to the Sunday post. I've just returned from a road trip up and down the California coast. Here are some links to the archives you might find...
6 months or 3,000 miles
what's up
EXIT INTERVIEW #1, Part 2
Katie and Sonia