Staff Spotlight

Inter­view What do you write? High and Epic fantasy about the con­flict between fate and free will. At least, that’s what every­thing I write trends towards, kind of like how toast falls butter side down no matter how hard you flip it. Is there an author or…

Inter­view What do you write? I write char­ac­ter-driven fiction. I don’t know if there’s a term for stories about unhappy people trying to not be so unhappy, but that’s basi­cal­ly my bread and butter. Is there an author or artist who has most pro­found­ly influ­enced your work?…

Inter­view What do you write? I write poetry and non-fiction. Most of my non-fiction is memoir, but not all my memoir is non-fiction. Is there an author or artist who has most pro­found­ly influ­enced your work? Salinger, Von­negut, Borges, Brad­bury, Kerouac, Eliot, Bukows­ki, Collins, Hayes, (David) Sedaris,…

Inter­view What do you write? I write what­ev­er I’m inspired to write at the time—science fiction, mystery, fantasy, lit­er­ary main­stream, social com­men­tary, non-fiction—in any­thing from flash to book length. Is there an author or artist who has most pro­found­ly influ­enced your work? Almost every book I read…

Inter­view What do you write? I write cre­ative non­fic­tion. I recent­ly dis­cov­ered and fell in love with the lyric essay/memoir, and feel like this is where my voice is. I’m cur­rent­ly writing lyrical non­fic­tion, and learn­ing more about the form as I go along. My mentor…

Inter­view What do you write? I love writing about the near future, so most of my pieces file under spec­u­la­tive fiction (espe­cial­ly science fiction). I’ve dabbled in pretty much every­thing though. I’m kind of a chameleon that way. Is there an author or artist who has most…

Inter­view What do you write? I always liked urban and real­is­tic fantasy, and I’ve dabbled in post-apoc­­a­­lyp­tic, too. In recent years, though, I’ve become enmeshed in magical realism, which I think is my favorite genre to work in—looking back I see its influ­ence in a lot…

Inter­view What do you write? Any­thing and every­thing I find time for. I’m cur­rent­ly on a seventh draft of my first—so far—novel length work. But I also write cre­ative non­fic­tion, flash fiction, and short fiction. If you dig far enough back (don’t), you can find some…

Inter­view & Fea­tured Work Why did you choose Stonecoast? I wanted an MFA program that would nurture my passion for popular fiction while still pro­vid­ing a rig­or­ous aca­d­e­m­ic expe­ri­ence. Stonecoast is the only low-res­i­­den­­cy program that meets these cri­te­ria. Plus, I couldn’t resist the opportunity…

Inter­view Why did you choose Stonecoast? Simply put: I love writing popular fiction, and Stonecoast loves teach­ing it.  When I first began my quest to find the perfect MFA program, I was dis­heart­ened to learn that most of them frowned upon pop fic and catered solely…