Rubén Degollado on Writing a Family Story, 25 Years in the Making
“I wanted to write about what happens after.”
Tag: interview
Nafissa Thompson-Spires on the Making of ‘Heads of the Colored People’
“I got away with writing an entire doctoral dissertation about baby Drake.”
Jonathan Escoffery on ‘Under the Ackee Tree’ and Walking Your Own Path
“Nobody can walk your path but you.”
Jamil Jan Kochai on Separating Writing from ‘the Noise’
“Sometimes you have to build walls in order to dance within them.”
‘No Saints, No Demons’: Sidik Fofana on Creating Characters and Protecting Dreams
“No saints, no demons.”
Dantiel W. Moniz on Hometowns, Girlhood, and the Life Experiences that Fuel Fiction Writing
Hometowns, girlhood, and the experiences that fuel fiction writing.
Jocelyn Nicole Johnson on Bravery in Writing and ‘the Introvert’s Revenge’
Episode 4 of Ursa Short Fiction, Season Two.
Season Two Premiere: ZZ Packer on 20 Years of ‘Drinking Coffee Elsewhere’
A conversation with ZZ Packer.
Nana Nkweti: ‘I Always Knew I Was Going to Write Stories’
“The real journey is Nana Nkweti age 9 writing little sci-fi Jane Austen mashups.”
Maurice Carlos Ruffin’s Creative Journey from Lawyer to Award-Winning Writer
“It’s almost like a séance. I’ll sit down to write a story. I’m not going to have any idea what’s going to come out.”
Tags: interview, Short Stories