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XRAY SPECS: Chafed Elbows (1966)

XRAY SPECS: Chafed Elbows (1966)

November 24, 2023  ·  Interviews & Reviews
Isn’t that what every artist wants? To do the thing in the way they want to do it and have everyone they care about want that for them, too? 
CRJ

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LIFE AND ALL OF ITS VIOLENCE: An Interview with Alex Kazemi

LIFE AND ALL OF ITS VIOLENCE: An Interview with Alex Kazemi

November 17, 2023  ·  Interviews & Reviews
A shocked reaction to this work really just makes my point about why I wrote this novel. It’s all so obvious, and I’m bored to death.
CRJ

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HIS FATE AS AN ARTIST: A Review of Uzodinma Okehi’s HOUSE OF HUNGER

HIS FATE AS AN ARTIST: A Review of Uzodinma Okehi’s HOUSE OF HUNGER

November 10, 2023  ·  Interviews & Reviews
I find that autofiction writers tend to have great senses of humor, because without one they’d be too horrified to tell the truth.
CRJ

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THAT IDEAL READER IS ME: An Interview with Andrew Weatherhead

THAT IDEAL READER IS ME: An Interview with Andrew Weatherhead

November 3, 2023  ·  Interviews & Reviews
You wouldn’t go back in time, but you would stay forever in the present moment. At least that’s how the dream went.
CRJ

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ACTUALITY IN ACTUALITY: An Interview with Chase Griffin

ACTUALITY IN ACTUALITY: An Interview with Chase Griffin

October 27, 2023  ·  Interviews & Reviews
Christina was the John Swartzwelder and Kurt Vonnegut of this book – all of the funniest scenes and lines with the best comedic timing are hers.
CRJ

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I WROTE IT ONLY FOR YOU: An Interview with Joshua Mohr

I WROTE IT ONLY FOR YOU: An Interview with Joshua Mohr

October 13, 2023  ·  Interviews & Reviews
At its essence, this story is about existential amnesia. What do we need to remember? What do we want to remember? And what’s the difference between them?
CRJ

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SEX IS SECONDARY: An Interview with Matthew Binder

SEX IS SECONDARY: An Interview with Matthew Binder

September 29, 2023  ·  Interviews & Reviews
In retrospect, it’s obvious to me that I’m writing about my desire to feel a part of something greater than myself. I know that’s an impossibility, however.
CRJ

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MORE WRITERS SHOULD JUST BE DOING THIS FOR FUN: An Interview with Tyler Dempsey

MORE WRITERS SHOULD JUST BE DOING THIS FOR FUN: An Interview with Tyler Dempsey

September 8, 2023  ·  Interviews & Reviews
Everyone believes there’s something more out there. And if we were just braver, had more time/money/whatever, we’d Don Quixote it up.
CRJ

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SARAN WRAP MAGIC: An Interview with Amy Cipolla Barnes

SARAN WRAP MAGIC: An Interview with Amy Cipolla Barnes

September 1, 2023  ·  Interviews & Reviews
Where neighbors handed warm zucchini bread over fences, a 10-year-old drove me around a farm in a rusty truck, and I most likely met a serial killer.
CRJ

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ELAINE SUN, KRAMER MOON, GEORGE RISING: An Interview with Donald Quist

ELAINE SUN, KRAMER MOON, GEORGE RISING: An Interview with Donald Quist

August 25, 2023  ·  Interviews & Reviews
I'm still thinking through and discovering all Seinfeld has, and will, teach me about creative writing, particularly poetic movement, and/or MacGuffins as a narrative technique.
CRJ

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