Category Archives for Web Interviews
A Writer’s Insight: Alejandro Puyana
Alejandro Puyana’s “Making Salsa” appears in the Autumn 2024 issue of The Southern Review. Here Puyana talks about bringing the historic Zaire 74 music festival to life by developing celebrity characters, imagining alternate realities, and listening to lots and lots of music. Halley McArn, Editorial Assistant: It seems like everyone uses Florentino’s trumpet except for […]
A Writer’s Insight: Nuraina Satpayeva and Slava Faybysh
Nuraina Satpayeva’s story, “Qará”, translated by Slava Faybysh, appears in the winter 2024 issue of The Southern Review. Here Satpayeva discusses Qazaq culture and the connection to land and the Ustyurt that influences her writing, and Faybysh speaks on the fun, if complicated, nuances that arise from translating Qazaq literature. Emilie Rodriguez, Editorial Assistant: What […]
A Writer’s Insight: Molly Gott
Molly Gott’s story, “Napa Valley Inn and Spa”, appears in the autumn 2023 issue of The Southern Review. Here she discusses how the story evolved to its current state and how tragedy makes the bitterest of friends. Emilie Rodriguez, Editorial Assistant: I was fascinated by how you pit Elissa’s many selves against each other; who […]
A Writer’s Insight: Michael X. Wang
Michael X. Wang’s story, “The Gatekeepers,” appears in the autumn 2023 issue of The Southern Review. Here he discusses his inspiration for the piece, the challenges of setting a story over such a long period of time, and how easy it is not to realize that we’re living through history. Emilie Rodriguez, Editorial Assistant: What […]
A Writer’s Insight: Karin Lin-Greenberg
Karin Lin-Greenberg’s story, “Escapees,” appears in the Winter 2023 issue of The Southern Review. In this interview Karin discusses fugitive monkeys, gas stations as setting, writing complex characters in fiction, and more. Zach Shultz, editorial assistant: When I first read “Escapees,” I found myself rooting for your protagonist, even though the obstacles she faces seem […]