Lifting the Veil/Exposing the Cracks: An Interview with Danez Smith
By Cedric Rudolph for The Fourth River Danez Smith is a writer and performer from St. Paul, MN. Graywolf Press released their latest poetry collection Don’t Call Us Dead in September 2017. Their previous books include [insert] boy (2014),
The Surprise of a Mirror Where a Mirror is Least Expected: A Conversation with Tobias Wray
Interview by Alyse Richmond, for The Fourth River Tobias Wray is a poetry editor for the cream city review. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Third Coast, Bellingham Review, North American Review, Blackbird and elsewhere. He’s
On Research and Relationships: An Interview with Kathryn Miles
By Amanda Jaros-Chamption, for The Fourth River Kathryn Miles is a longform journalist, memoirist, and environmental writing professor. Her most recent book is Superstorm: Nine Days Inside Hurricane Sandy, published in 2014. She is the author of Adventures
The Mark of Real Life : An Interview with Allison Joseph
–by Billy Jenkins, assistant editor, The Fourth River Allison Joseph was born in London, England in 1967. She is the author of What Keeps us Here, which won the 1992 Women Poets Series Prize from Ampersand Press,
Nature Will Overcome: An Interview with Pittsburgh Artist Seth Clark
–by Faith Cotter, assistant editor, The Fourth River In many ways, the neighborhood of Lawrenceville in Pittsburgh, PA is the perfect setting for award-winning artist Seth Clark’s studio. Clark is drawn to architecture that has been broken down by
So That You Know Your Story Will Be Told: An Interview with Sabata-mpho Mokae
–by Amanda Long, for The Fourth River I recently sat down with South African writer Sabata-mpho Mokae, and discussed his influences, oral storytelling and how language affects the way a story is told and absorbed. Mokae’s debut novel in
Embracing the Gap: An Interview with Alix Ohlin
–by Tess Wilson, for The Fourth River Alix Ohlin is the author of two novels – Inside and The Missing Person – and two collections of short stories – Signs and Wonders and Babylon and Other Stories. More
Anyone Who Would Talk with Me: An Interview with Julia Spicher Kasdorf
–by Amy Lee Heinlen, for The Fourth River Julia Spicher Kasdorf visited Chatham University as the guest poet for the 2014 Summer Community of Writers (SCW). It was here that I heard Julia read from her enquiring
Carolina Minded: An Interview with Wiley Cash
Interview by Rachael Levitt When bestselling author Wiley Cash passed through Pittsburgh on the promotional tour for his award-winning novel A LAND MORE KIND THAN HOME, he sat down with THE FOURTH RIVER to talk plot tricks and book deals.
A Conversation with Dinty W. Moore
Dinty W. Moore will be the keynote speaker during Chatham’s Summer Community of Writers, July 24-August 3, 2014. by Lori Barrett, for The Fourth River The Fourth River: The definition of Creative Nonfiction seems to be continually debated. Do you