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Fathoming the Fog: A Nice Conversation with Mark Leidner

by Adam Robinson | Jan 21, 2020 | Interviews

Mark Leidner has written several books and now multiple movies. Last fall we did a Google Docs interview about his latest film, Empathy Inc. Mark outdid himself.

People Know What Readings Are Now: An Interview with Jim Ruland

by Adam Robinson | Jan 15, 2020 | Interviews

For fifteen years, Jim Ruland has run a reading series called “Vermin on the Mount.” Last September he hosted the anniversary event and I asked him some questions.

Poems Are Wild, Man: An Andrew Weatherhead Interview

by Adam Robinson | Dec 30, 2019 | Behind the Scenes, Interviews

When putting out a new book, I make a “media kit” to send out to book reviewers. I don’t know exactly what’s supposed to go into one of those things, but I usually include a press release and an informal thank you note pointing out why I like...

Dan Brady’s poetry “Subtexts”

by Adam Robinson | Oct 28, 2019 | Behind the Scenes

Subtexts is a poetry collection that finds the language within language and examines how layers of meaning add and subtract from each other. Brady explores an entirely new way to “write” erasure poetry.

Perchance to Dream Team

by Adam Robinson | Oct 22, 2019 | From the Vault

Here’s a piece from the Everyday Genius vault, a clever basketball team by our resident microfictionist, Joseph Young

Letter from Austria by Paula Bomer

by Adam Robinson | Oct 10, 2019 | PGP Habitat

Today it was announced that Peter Handke was awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize for literature (along with the delayed announcement for the 2018 prize, which went to Olga Tokarczuk). Handke’s selection has been criticized because of his response to Slobodan...