Tag: #Interviews

Interview by: Carleton Whaley  Note: the following interview was originally published on April 27, 2016.  Laura van den Berg is a short story writer and novelist known for her collections What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us and The Isle of Youth, as well as her…

Interview by: Allison McLellan and Alexandra Cichon Note: the following interview was originally published on April 19, 2016.  DIAGRAM is an online magazine that, as its name suggests, stands out in the unique use of obscure diagrams and schematics accompanying written works displayed in refreshing, innovative ways, including fiction, poetry, and…

Interview by: Carleton Whaley  Note: the following interview was originally published on March 12, 2016 Dave Mercier is the creator of the comic Mercworks, a weekly webcomic strip. He has self-published two collections of his comics, Mercworks: The Joy of Despair and Mercworks: The Cure for the Human Condition.   Carleton Whaley: So…

Interview by: 2016 LRR Staff Note: the following interview was originally published on February 7, 2016.  I had the opportunity to ask this year’s guest of the Writers Who Edit, Editors Who Write Series, Benjamin Grossberg. Supplement your experience of his reading with his answers, and read them alone – Ben…

Interview by: Nikki Barnhart Note: the following interview was originally published on June 2, 2015.  I’m the interviews editor for the Long River Review. Professor Pelizzon contacted you on my behalf about an interview to include in our latest issue. Your work is so beautiful and powerful and we’re all honored…

Interview by: 2013 LRR Staff Note: the following interview was originally published on March 15, 2013.  Bruce Cohen has written three volumes of poetry: Placebo Junkies Conspiring With the Half Asleep (2012), Swerve (2011), and Disloyal Yo-Yo (2009). He teaches creative writing at UConn. The following interview was conducted by Long…

Interview by: Devin O’Hara Note: the following interview was originally published on April 15, 2012.  On April 9 and 10, Pulitzer Prize-winner and former U.S. Poet Laureate Kay Ryan visited the University of Connecticut as the 49th annual Wallace Stevens poet.  Amanda Norelli wrote an introduction for Ms. Ryan on the…