Category: Interview

Emerging from my cave

After a quiet first quarter, I emerge from my cave with a small flurry of publications. Here they are, in glorious bullet point:

At Words Without Borders, I reviewed two books by Thai author Duanwad Pimwana, her first to be translated into English (by Mui Poopoksakul).
For Fiction Writers Review, I interviewed Caleb Michael Sarvis about his debut story collection, Dead Aquarium (we published his story, “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” at Atlas and Alice).
I wrote an essay/dispatch/confessional about PEZ conventions and collecting for Barrelhouse.
This one is weird, but I had a Tweet story collected in the latest volume of the Mythic Picnic Tweet Story Project.

Hopefully this is the beginning of a busy second half of 2019.

Tags Barrelhouse, Caleb Michael Sarvis, Duanwad Pimwana, essay, Fiction Writers Review, interview, micro-fiction, Mythic Picnic, PEZ, Words Without Borders

Book Review Essay Fiction Interview

2018, Condensed

The year is over (pretty much), so (bowing to peer pressure) here’s everything I put out in the world during 2018:

I published the following stories, most of which are quite small:

“The Wherewithal” at Monkeybicycle

“Creatures of Love” at Last Exit

“Old Friends” at Last Exit

“Everyone Needs a Kind Stranger to Listen to His Secrets” at Last Exit

“Parental Concerns” at Bending Genres

“Half Tank” at Atticus Review (nominated for Best Microfictions 2018 and Best Small Fictions 2019)

“Living Our Best Lives” at jmww

Though I anonymously reviewed 20(ish) books for PW, I also wrote some longer takes for these fine outlets:

“Love Is a Powerful Drug: On Tomb Song by Julián Herbert” (Kenyon Review Online, Nov. 2018)

“Review of The Concrete by Daniel Abbott” (Rain Taxi Review of Books, Issue 91, Sept. 2018)

“Hollywood Babylon: A Review of Ross McMeekin’s The Hummingbirds“ (Vol. 1 Brooklyn, June 2018)

“I’m So Free: On A Working Woman by Elvira Navarro” (Kenyon Review Online, March 2018)

“On Tatiana Ryckman’s I Don’t Think of You (Until I Do)“ (Alternating Current’s The Coil, March 2018)

I got to interview my buddy Donald Quist about his new story collection:

“Living as Lion and Hunter: An Interview with Donald Quist” (Fiction Writers Review, Oct. 2018)

And lastly, three of my short essays appeared in the collection Miscellany, from Run Amok Books:

Oh yeah, there’s a blog on this site: fall update

Post author By benjwoodard
Post date November 3, 2018
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I regularly neglect the blog portion of my website. As such, here’s a quick rundown of what I’ve published since my last post (back in May):

Stories:

“Creatures of Love” at Last Exit

“Old Friends” at Last Exit

“Everyone Needs a Kind Stranger to Listen to His Secrets” at Last Exit

“Parental Concerns” at Bending Genres

“Half Tank” at Atticus Review

“Living Our Best Lives” at jmww

Book Reviews:

“Review of The Concrete by Daniel Abbott” (Rain Taxi Review of Books, Issue 91, Sept. 2018)

“Hollywood Babylon: A Review of Ross McMeekin’s The Hummingbirds“ (Vol. 1 Brooklyn, June 2018)

Other Stuff:

“Living as Lion and Hunter: An Interview with Donald Quist” (Fiction Writers Review, Oct. 2018)

Take a look around. Maybe you’ll find something you like. Even if you hate it all, I appreciate you giving these links a few clicks.

Until the next time I remember to post on the blog, be well.

Tags Bending Genres, book review, Fiction Writers Review, flash fiction, interview, jmww, Last Exit, Rain Taxi, Vol. 1 Brooklyn

Interview

Thinking about talking to writers

Post author By benjwoodard
Post date July 13, 2016
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I just returned from the first Barrelhouse/Hobart Writer Camp, and after spending a few days talking with other writers about writing in the Pennsylvania wilderness, I’ve been inspired to revisit all of the author interviews I’ve conducted over the years.

In case any of you want to check these out, too, I’ve made a convenient list below. Just click on the author’s name to find the interview:

Plus there’s this piece, which contains small responses from some of the above, but also Charles Baxter, Vanessa Blakeslee, Jennine Capó Crucet, Julia Elliott, Roxane Gay, Amelia Gray, Lindsay Hunter, Bret Anthony Johnston, Stephen Graham Jones, Maya Lang, Rebecca Makkai, Jess Row, Ted Thompson, Laura van den Berg, and Kevin Wilson.