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Virginia Center for the Creative Arts

December 23, 2013June 19, 2018

My first residency.

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A month ago I had such a fascinating conversation with Marcelo Hernandez Castillo (@chelo_castillo88) about his new memoir CHILDREN OF THE LAND, and I’m so excited to finally be able to share it. We talked about how he found a structure that worked for such a complex and multi-generational story, what carried him through a very tough writing process, and whether or not it’s ever possible to write without thinking about a work’s reception. Follow the link in my bio for a link to the interview on The Rumpus, and then pls pre-order this fantastic book (out 1/28 from @harpercollins)!
First birding trip to Katy Prairie. So beautiful and so cold. We had tons of great birds: Vermilion Flycatcher, Northern Bob White, 400+ Long Billed Curlews in a cow field, six species of sparrows, Great Kiskadee, Harlan’s hawk, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, and many many more.
I’m a huge fan of @niemanstoryboard’s "Why's This So Good?" series, in which a working journalist takes a very close look at a single reported piece, and tries to answer the question of why it works as well as it does. ⁣ ⁣ With that as a model, I just started doing a similar monthly column for the @Catapult community page. In it I’m interviewing contemporary writers about their craft choices in a single poem, essay, or short story. ⁣ ⁣ This month, I was lucky enough to spend an hour on the phone with José Olivarez (@_joseolivarez) talking about his FANTASTIC poem, "My Family Never Stopped Migrating, We Just Stopped," from his equally fantastic book CITIZEN ILLEGAL (@haymarketbooks). ⁣ ⁣ We talked about how José revised the poem to strengthen every line, the word choices that made the final version pop, and the movie Logan. Check out the full interview via the link in my bio.⁣ ⁣ Please let me know if you have any recommendations for poems, essays, or short stories to cover in future columns! (The only requirement is that the piece is available in full online, and the writer is available for a phone interview).
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