Serena Perrone
interviewed by Emily Frankoski
Issue No. 185 ~ October, 2012
Serena Perrone’s artwork is distinct, focused, eye-catching, and extremely detailed.
portrait
One on One Archives
James Grady
interviewed by Derek Alger
Issue No. 183 ~ August, 2012
James Grady (http://www.jamesgrady.net/) is the author of several thriller novels, screenplays, articles, and over a dozen critically acclaimed thrillers, including his best known novel, Six Days of the Condor, which was adapted into the classic film Three Days of the Condor, staring Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway.
Sean Watson
interviewed by Emily Frankoski
Issue No. 183 ~ August, 2012
Born and raised in North Carolina, Sean has traveled far and wide while still maintaining his passion for photography. Sean specializes in fashion-inspired-portraiture, balancing his love for creating with his full time job in the corporate creative realm.
Pablo Medina
interviewed by Derek Alger
Issue No. 182 ~ July, 2012
Pablo Medina is a critically acclaimed poet and novelist whose most recent novel, Cubop City Blues, was published earlier this year by Grove Press. At the age of 12, Medina and his family moved from Cuba to New York City.
Bobbie Ann Mason
interviewed by Derek Alger
Issue No. 182 ~ July, 2012
Mason's first short stories were published in The New Yorker, and subsequently included in her first book of fiction, Shiloh & Other Stories (1982), which won the PEN/Hemingway Award. The story collection was also nominated for the American Book Award, the PEN/Faulkner Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Amina Gautier
interviewed by Derek Alger
Issue No. 181 ~ June, 2012
Amina Gautier is the winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction for her short story collection At-Risk. Seventy-five of her stories have been published, appearing in Glimmer Train, Iowa Review, Kenyon Review, North American Review, and Southern Review among other places.
Jennifer Maestre
interviewed by Emily Frankoski
Issue No. 181 ~ June, 2012
Jennifer Maestre’s unique sculptures caught our eye immediately. The object she relies on in her sculptures are coincidentally the main tool originally used to create the literary works we all love to read. Pencils! Colored ones at that!
Mark Wisniewski
interviewed by Derek Alger
Issue No. 180 ~ May, 2012
Mark Wisniewski's most recent novel, Show Up, Look Good, was published by Gival Press in August of 2011. His other published works include the novel, Confessions of a Polish Used Car Salesman (Hi Jinx Press, 1997), a collection of short stories, All Weekend with the Lights On (Leaping Dog Press, 2001), and a book of narrative poems, One of Us One Night.
Bill Yarrow
interviewed by Derek Alger
Issue No. 179 ~ April, 2012
Bill Yarrow is the author of the poetry collection, Pointed Sentences, published earlier this year by BlazeVox (books). He is the author of two chapbooks, Fourteen (Naked Mannekin, 2011) and Wrench(erbacce-press, 2009).
Tony Ardizzone
interviewed by Derek Alger
Issue No. 178 ~ March, 2012
Tony Ardizzone was born and raised in Chicago, and his most recent novel is The Whale Chaser, published in 2010 by Academy Chicago Publishers. Over the years, Ardizzone's fiction has appeared in numerous literary journals, including The Georgia Review, Ploughshares, The Chicago Review, and The Gettysburg Review, to name a few.