The Writer’s Block: A Video Q&A with Thomas Sayers Ellis
Thomas Sayers Ellis is the author of two full-length collections of poetry, including Skin, Inc.: Identity Repair Poems (Graywolf, 2010) and The Maverick Room (2005). He is a Cave Canem faculty member.
The Writer’s Block: A Video Q&A with Hilary Masters
Pittsburgh resident Hilary Masters is an acclaimed novelist, short story writer, essayist, and biographer who, in 2003, received the Award for Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
The Writer’s Block: A Video Q&A With Harryette Mullen
Harryette Mullen is the author of six books of poetry, including Recyclopedia, which won a PEN Beyond Margins Award. She is a Cave Canem faculty member.
The Writer’s Block: A Video Q&A With Sridala Swami
Sridala Swami was a resident at the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program and is the author of the poetry collection A Reluctant Survivor (2007) and four children’s books. She performed at City of Asylum/Pittsburgh's 2013 Jazz Poetry Concert.
The Writer’s Block: A Video Q&A with Eduardo Halfon
Guatemalan writer Eduardo Halfon is the author of The Polish Boxer. In 2007 the Bogotá Hay Festival listed him as one of the “39 best young Latin American writers.”
The Writer’s Block: A Video Q&A with Cornelius Eady
Cornelius Eady is the author of eight books of poetry, most recently Hardheaded Weather (Penguin, 2008). With Toi Derricotte, he is co-founder of Cave Canem.
The Writer’s Block: A Video Q&A with Toi Derricotte
Cave Canem co-founder Toi Derricotte has published five collections of poetry, most recently, The Undertaker's Daughter (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2011).
The Writer’s Block: A Video Q&A With Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo
The Writer’s Block: A Video Q&A with Chris Abani
Chris Abani is a recipient of a 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship in Fiction as well as the author of five books of prose and seven poetry collections. Abani was the guest poet at Cave Canem's 2013 reading, hosted by City of Asylum/Pittsburgh.
In anticipation of the coming new year, Sampsonia Way looks back at the most-watched Writer’s Block videos of 2013. The Writer’s Block is an ongoing video series of interviews with visiting writers at City of Asylum/Pittsburgh. In these Q&A’s, conducted on Sampsonia Way, writers sit down with us to discuss literature, their craft, and career.
Based on our readers’ preferences, it is time to revisit some of the most-watched Writer’s Block interviews from the past twelve months. Click on the image to go to the original video.
