Novelist and short story author Edwidge Danticat discusses her literary influences, her conceptions of joy, and the women in her stories with Aster(ix) Journal and Sampsonia Way.
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Derek Palacio discusses the process of turning a novella into a novel, his obsessions as a writer, and his feelings about Cuba’s future.
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In this interview with Sampsonia Way and Aster(ix) Journal, Kothari speaks about her relationship with her mother, her family’s experience as outsiders, and her own journey through writing.
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Syrian writer and ICORN writer-in-residence in Sweden Housam Al-Mosilli speaks about life in exile, his own writing, and Syria’s future.
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The very short stories of Osama Alomar, Syrian writer-in-residence of City of Asylum Pittsburgh, are crafted with the speed and incision of a bullet.
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Author Peter Ho Davies speaks about the question of appropriation in fiction, the tension between how one sees themselves and how others perceive them, and the value of even flawed representations in writing and in pop culture.
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Ethan Michaeli, author of the “The Defender,” on chronicling the history of the famous Black newspaper and the role of media in our current political climate.
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