An Interview with Anabelle Tometich: Writing The Mango Tree Interview Conducted by Ace Siatkowski Q: You’ve spent years as a journalist and food writer. What moment made you realize that this story, your family’s story, needed to become a memoir instead of an article or essay? A: In 2019, I was offered what I thought […]
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Sincere Love and Scholarship: An Interview with Manuela Mourão I caught up with Dr. Manuela Mourão during ODU’s 2024 Literary Festival, where the professor of English was celebrating her multimedia art exhibition at Old Dominion’s Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Galleries. Dr. Mourão’s exhibit coincided with the publication of a related essay “‘More Love Letters,
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Capital-t-Truth: A Conversation with Geoff Bouvier Geoff Bouvier’s newest collection, Us From Nothing, is a historical, epic prose poem about the undeniable milestones of the universe that allowed for us, people, to be people. I met Geoff after his reading at ODU’s 47th Annual Literary Festival. In this interview, we discuss his latest collection, forms of poetry,
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The End is Not the End: A Conversation with Lucian Mattison by Sam New Lucian Mattison was a featured author during Ancient Futures: Old Dominion University’s 47th Annual Literary Festival. While having coffee at Cure Coffeehouse that week, he spoke with Poetry Editor, Sam New, from Barely South Review about his current and upcoming work, his experience in
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A Love of Contrasts: an Interview with Virginie Beauregard D. translated from French by Peter Schulman BSR: How did you come to write poetry? Were you inspired by other authors, friends or have you always wanted to be a poet? I have been reading poetry and writing in journals since I was 8 years old.
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Highlighting True Stories Through Historical Fiction: Interview With Dolen Perkins-Valdez Dolen Perkins-Valdez is the New York Times bestselling author of three historical fiction novels: Wench (2010), Balm (2015), and Take My Hand (2022). Wench was a finalist for two NAACP Image Awards and the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award for fiction. Take My Hand was awarded the
Labor of Love and Distance, An Interview with Anna Qu In her critically acclaimed debut memoir, Made in China: A Memoir of Love and Labor, Anna Qu delves into the intersections of love and labor, highlighting the sacrifices made by her parents and the impact of their struggles on her own life. Barely South Review’s
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On Literary Lineage, Transformation & Writing in Many Tongues with Poet Amanda Galvan Huynh In her powerful debut collection Where My Umbilical Is Buried, poet and Old Dominion MFA alumna Amanda Galvan Huynh traces many kinds of inheritance – traumatic, linguistic, cultural, and more. Huynh is the author of a chapbook, Songs of Brujería (Big
Solomon Robert Nui Enos is a Native Hawaiian artist, illustrator, and visionary. Born and raised in Makaha Valley (O‘ahu, Hawai‘i), he hails from the well-known Enos ‘ohana and has been making art for more than 30 years. Papahānaumoku references one of the foundational mo‘olelo or stories, telling of the mother, Papa, who birthed the islands, from Hawai‘i island to Kaua‘i
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By: Jerome Newsome Marianne Chan is a poet and professor, whose work touches on memory, colonialism, and religion. Additionally, she was poetry editor for Split Lip Magazine between 2017 and 2019. She made her debut with her poetry collection, All Heathens. She also has a collection forthcoming in 2024 titled Leaving Biddle City. Her poems can be found in The Cincinnati Review,
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