poetry

One on One with writer/author Antoine Wilson — Part One

by nancy on May 1, 2013

Writer Antoine Leonide Thomas Wilson certainly gets around. Born in Montreal, he grew up in southern California, with, as he puts it, “spells in Central California and Saudi Arabia.” From UCLA, he went to the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop and the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing, and has since taught creative writing at Iowa, Wisconsin, CSU Long Beach, UC San Diego, and UCLA Extension.

But it’s his writing that perhaps spans the broadest range. Antoine is the author of The Interloper (Handsel Books / Other Press) and Panorama City (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), short fiction, essays and nonfiction pieces, and some very visual “side projects” including The Slow Paparazzo and Shopping Carts of Panorama City, among others. (For more information about Antoine Wilson, visit his website at http://antoinewilson.com or follow him on Twitter at @antoinewilson.)

In part one of this interview, Antoine shares some information about his work, his process and his thoughts on writing. Stop back on May 15 for part two! [click to continue…]

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One on One with poet/actress Judy Prescott

by nancy on April 1, 2012

Sometimes we write to explore new worlds, new situations, new possibilities. Other times, the writing comes from a deep need to understand and make peace with what is happening, now, in our world.

In the case of actress Judy Prescott (who has appeared on television shows such as True Blood, Grey’s Anatomy, Cold Case and Bones), the inspiration for her book came as a result of her mother’s diagnosis with Alzheimer’s, when she had to come to terms with a situation that was entirely out of her control. [click to continue…]

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