Interview // Transformation through Story: Heather Cahoon’s Horsefly Dress
Conducted by Jennifer Elise Foerster
Conversations between writers about their art and craft.
Conducted by Jennifer Elise Foerster
“Often, as I attempt to solve literary problems, I find my mind working not in language, but in music or in space.”
“Research is an intimate practice.”
“It’s interesting to me how when we think of the dead and project their presence in our lives, the projections often point to events or milestones that the dead will not experience with us. Birthdays, holidays, first days of school, etc. There were so many events in 2020 that I’m glad Vivian never had to endure.”
“Marrying then and now, that’s a ploy to be sensible, to recognize in my childhood-self the simplification and wishful thinking, to overlay some hard truth, and to acknowledge that I’m chained to this country by love.”
Conducted by Shriram Sivaramakrishnan
“I always felt the poem before I had any idea about its meaning. A good poem is essentially unknowable.”
On translating Green Mountain by Chinese Poet Yang Jian
Conducted by Jessica Freeman
“I’m interested in literature that depicts a person or community’s lived experiences as a wholly social conundrum.”