West Coast Interviews – Meg Tuite
Meg Tuite is one of those creative people who's brilliant at everything she does. Her fiction and poetry are stunning and her main form, but you should see her paintings and even the wonderful décor [...]
West Coast Interviews – Mary Akers
Mary Akers is one of my heroes. Not only is she an immensely talented writer, but she's nice. And generous. Through the years she's always been willing to help other writers, including me. I first [...]
West Coast Interviews – Jim Ruland
For years there was a man named Jim Ruland who lived in San Diego like I did. People spoke of him with reverence, yet I'd never met him. Finally, we had so many mutual friends that [...]
West Coast Interviews – Jennifer Murphy
One of the great things about writers conferences is getting to meet so many talented writers that you might not get to meet otherwise. Especially if you're from a place not exactly considered a literary [...]
Giveaway of WHAT HAPPENED HERE
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West Coast Interviews – Heather Fowler
I met Heather Fowler at the Denver AWP in 2010. The irony is there aren't that many literary writers living in San Diego, and we'd never met before. I was so impressed with her writing [...]
West Coast Interviews – Roy Kesey
Roy Kesey is one of our best contemporary writers. His stories and novels are set all over the globe, so we're able to gain insight into how different peoples think, what their values are, and [...]
West Coast Interviews – Len Joy
Len Joy and I have been writing buddies for over a decade. We were both involved in Zoetrope Virtual Studio, a big online writing community where we shared news, discussed writing, and critiqued each other's [...]
West Coast Interviews – Bud Smith
After years of knowing Bud Smith casually on Facebook, I finally had the pleasure of meeting him in person at last year's AWP, where we participated in a private Hot Pillow AWP reading in someone's [...]
West Coast Interviews – David Jauss
David Jauss is the author of three books of short fiction, Black Maps, winner of the AWP Award for Short Fiction, Crimes of Passion, and Glossolalia: New & Selected Stories. He's also published two poetry collections [...]