2+ week, 5+ day ago   (285+ words) Elina Katrin is a poet and writer whose work explores migration, memory, womanhood, and the body. Her debut poetry collection, Overwintered, is forthcoming from Trio House Press. Debutiful is honored to reveal the cover of Overwintered, designed by Coral Sue…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (319+ words) Friedlander is a writer and graphic designer from Kansas who now lives in New York. She is a recipient of the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers. Sensual World will be published by Catapult on March 23, 2027. Debutiful…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (443+ words) Aaron John Curtis: The narrative includes scenes set in the past and character flashbacks to give us Rhian and Carwyn’s history, as well as the history of the mountain. Did every draft weave like this? Or was it something you…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (411+ words) We spoke via email with Stevens about the years she spent writing Sisters of the Midnight Sun, her inspirations, and the difficulty of placing a book that blends genres. Athena Waligore: The double homicide at the core of “Sisters of…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (569+ words) Amanda Nyren: You’re a dating columnist who’s written a romantic comedy about how hard modern dating is. From your expert perspective, why is it so hard? Annie Lord: Apps and the way that they abstract people has made it all…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (596+ words) Leila Renee is a writer whose fiction has appeared in McSweeney’s, The Kenyon Review, and elsewhere. A recipient of the Gulf Coast Prize in Fiction and a Fulbright Award, and an MFA graduate of Syracuse University, she now makes her…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (735+ words) Tsahai Makeda: I just finished the book a couple hours ago. I like to read the books close to the interview, so it’s in the front of my head when we’re talking about it. This book is really one of…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (460+ words) We asked Lauter to answer our recurring My Reading Life Q&A so readers can get to know the books that shaped her life and influenced her writing. What was the first book you were obsessed with as a child?...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (766+ words) What happens when one day, one impulsive decision, one declined call is what defines the rest of your life? Alicia Upano‘s debut is a love story, it’s a natural disaster novel, and most of all, it’s a haunting reckoning…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (418+ words) Samantha Paige Rosen: When did you start writing? And when did you start identifying as a writer, if that was at a different point in your life? SPR: I know you still work from home and your day job is…...