photo credit: Hieu Minh Nguyen An interview by Nishat Ahmed – Barely South Review Poetry Editor As per usual, another day of rain presents itself upon the campus of Old Dominion University. Despite the waterlogged sidewalks and sideways torrents, I can see Kaveh Akbar making his way towards Borjo Coffeehouse, the unofficial haven for most …
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By Samia Ahmed Jon Sands is a poet and fiction writer. In 2018, he was a winner of the National Poetry Series, selected for his second book, It’s Not Magic (Beacon Press, 2019). He is the author of The New Clean (Write Bloody Publishing, 2011), and the co-host of The Poetry Gods Podcast. His work …
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Teague von Bohlen runs the Creative Writing program at the University of Colorado Denver, where he also serves as Fiction Editor for the literary magazine Copper Nickel and the Faculty Adviser for the student newspaper The Sentry. He’s a regular contributor to the Denver alt-weekly Westword, and his short fiction has been nationally published, most recently in Saranac Review and Hobart. His first novel, The …
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By Will Yarbrough Ellen McLaughlin has worked extensively in regional and New York theater, both as an actor and as a playwright. Acting work includes originating the part of the Angel in Angels in America, playing the role in workshops and regional productions through its Broadway run in 1993-1994. She is the recipient of the Writer’s …
By Tarin Kovalik Olivia Laing was Old Dominion University’s 2017 Fall Writer-in-Residence. She is the author of To The River, The Trip to Echo Spring, and most recently, The Lonely City. Laing is also a columnist and lecturer. I had the pleasure of interviewing Laing for the ODU 40th Annual Literary Festival. TK: Where do …
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By Raoul Lobo Kaitlyn Greenidge has an MFA graduate from Hunter College, and she teaches at Syracuse University. Her acclaimed debut novel We Love You Charlie Freeman has been called, ‘a provocative and compelling exploration of America’s failure to find a language to talk about race.’ The book follows an African American family that moves …
By David Jacobson Carrie Fountain’s poems have appeared in Tin House, Poetry, and The New Yorker, among others. She is the author of Burn Lake (Penguin, 2010) and Instant Winner (Penguin, 2014), and a recipient of the National Poetry Series Award. Her first novel, I’m Not Missing, is forthcoming from Flatiron Books (Macmillan) in 2018. …
By Lyzzie Golliher Lamar Giles writes novels and short stories for teens and adults. He is the author of the 2015 Edgar Award Nominee Fake ID, the 2016 Edgar Award Nominee Endangered, and Overturned from Scholastic Press. He is a founding member of We Need Diverse Books and resides in Virginia wit hhis wife. Check him out online at …
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By Nina Correa White Starlight & Error is the third of three published collections of poetry by Remica Bingham-Risher. Remica grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, though her family roots lead back to Norfolk. She received her bachelor’s degree in writing at Old Dominion University, and then went on to receive her MFA from Bennington College. …
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By Ethan Ross Don Lee is the author of the novels Lonesome Lies Before Us, The Collective, Wrack and Ruin, and Country of Origin, and the story collection Yellow. He has received an American Book Award, the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction, the Edgar Award for Best First Novel, and O. Henry Award, …
