Ten Questions for Bret Anthony Johnston
“That I’ve never expected this work to be fast or easy is a priceless gift, my saving grace.” —Bret Anthony Johnston, author of We Burn Daylight
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“That I’ve never expected this work to be fast or easy is a priceless gift, my saving grace.” —Bret Anthony Johnston, author of We Burn Daylight
“I think the arc of writing a poem is similar to the experience of ascending and descending physical terrain.” —Callie Siskel, author of Two Minds
The author of Yaguareté White explores the poetic art of balancing fact and fiction.
The author of Yaguareté White contemplates how to approach writing in multiple languages.
“For every book, different literary angels perch on my shoulder.” —Tomás Q. Morín, author of Where Are You From: Letters to My Son
“Don’t stop writing, no matter what.” —Diana Khoi Nguyen, author of Root Fractures
The author of Family Family explores why tired tropes proliferate in fiction—and how to avoid them.
“I was writing this hybrid lyric thing that was hard to fall into a rhythm with at first.” —Claudia Acevedo-Quiñones, author of The Hurricane Book: A Lyric History
“Have fun. Make friends.” —Curtis Chin, author of Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant
“I felt that I knew the characters deeply after years of thinking about these stories.” —Shannon Sanders, author of Company