The writer caught up with Jane Summer as her book of poems, Erebus, was being published. Q: How did you get the idea for your book? A: I actually didn’t get the idea. The idea got me—in a leg-hold trap. I grew tired of writing poems about how sad I was. After futzing...
by Sarah Townsend I speak to you through a body that trembles as you suggest that we, some eight members of a seminar, remove something that we came with, let something go. Then, glancing around the room, you realize that it’s summer and our options are limited in...
The Writer caught up with alumna Julianna Spallholz just in time for the publication of her poetry collection, The State of Kansas. In simple, rhythmic, nail-sharp prose, the cast of unnamed characters in The State of Kansas survive a flood, brush their teeth, drink,...
Slab is Goddard alumna Selah Saterstrom's new book out from Coffeehouse Press, a place you can rely on for fascinating, timely and inventive work. "On a slab that's all Katrina left of her Mississippi home, Tiger tells a story full of wickedness and incantation..."...
Goddard College alum Walter Mosley has written more than 4 dozen books in his incredible career. In particular, he invented the character of Easy Rawlins, an African-American detective living in Watts, solving crimes, and reflecting on life in an America few get to...
Goddard College alum and author Carla Norton says of her latest book, WHAT DOESN'T KILL HER: "Sometimes... real-life events intersect with fiction. For instance, two murderers recently broke out of a New York prison, and the ensuing manhunt put all of the Northeast on...
Goddard College alum Cara Hoffman's latest book, Be Safe I Love You is a breathtaking thriller about a returning female veteran, set in upstate New York. The Sunday Telegraph (UK) called it: "One of the Five Best Modern War Novels." When Lauren Clay arrives home from...
By Lucas M. Peters My polyglot wife is fond of telling me that as you are learning a new language, you are learning a new culture. Language, she says, is an extension of the culture of a place and its people. It is an unwieldy thing that has many strange branches and...
For the last year, my body’s felt like it’s been trapped inside its own iron maiden. You know, one of those medieval torture devices the size of the human body with spikes in the interior. I read that the device was entirely made up, and that it wasn’t. I read that...
JC Sevcik on the writer in the world, the hero in us all... All my life, I’ve been a loner. As far back as I can remember, I’ve felt like an outcast. I did not have what anyone could possibly mistake for a happy childhood, but I always had stories. My father died when...
