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Katharine Weber
January 3, 2019

KR Podcast with Katharine Weber

Elizabeth Dark, KR’s Associate Director of Programs, talks with Katharine Weber about her latest novel, Still Life with Monkey, and about writing fiction that poses moral questions involving loyalty and […]

Tiana Clark
December 17, 2018

Tiana Clark

Tiana Clark is currently the 2017–18 Jay C. and Ruth Halls Poetry Fellow at the Wisconsin Institute of Creative Writing. She is the author of Equilibrium, selected by Afaa Michael […]

December 14, 2018

KR Podcast with Afaa Michael Weaver

Afaa Michael Weaver is interviewed by his writers workshop fellow Alexandra Barylski. They talk about being cultural stewards, staying grounded amidst the machinery of getting attention, and viewing the writing […]

C Pam Zhang
December 3, 2018

C Pam Zhang

C Pam Zhang’s debut novel, How Much of These Hills Is Gold, is forthcoming from Riverhead Books (US) and Virago Press (UK). She has received scholarships and fellowships from Tin […]

December 1, 2018

KR Podcast with Nabila Lovelace

Poet Eloisa Amezcua interviews poet Nabila Lovelace about the act of naming, the identification of violence, and the use of language to make sense of the places in which we […]

Solmaz Sharif
November 27, 2018

KR Podcast with Solmaz Sharif

Poet and Peter Taylor Fellow Nathan Lipps talks with poet Solmaz Sharif, one of our writers workshop instructors about a poem’s audience, staying in the discomfort of a poem, and […]

Edward Hirsch
November 19, 2018

Edward Hirsch

Edward Hirsch’s most recent book is Gabriel: A Poem. His poem “That’s the Job” can be found here. It appears along with two other poems in the “Getting and Spending” […]

Erika T. Wurth
November 5, 2018

Erika T. Wurth

Erika T. Wurth’s publications include a novel, Crazy Horse’s Girlfriend, two collections of poetry, and a collection of short stories, Buckskin Cocaine. A writer of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, she […]

October 31, 2018

KR Podcast with Daniel Poppick

Daniel Poppick talks with KR’s own Andrew Grace about fragmented language, the life of a working poet, and his two collections of poetry, The Police and Fear of Description. Daniel […]

Chet’la Sebree
October 22, 2018

Chet’la Sebree

Chet’la Sebree is the author of Mistress, forthcoming from New Issues Press in fall 2019. She was the 2014–16 Stadler Fellow at Bucknell University’s Stadler Center for Poetry and has […]

October 19, 2018

LGBTQ+ Lit: A Conversation

In recognition of National LGBTQ+ History Month, we present this bonus episode in which Timothy Bussey talks to Richie Hofmann, Juniper Jordan Cruz, and Claire Oleson about the importance of […]

Brian Michael Murphy
October 8, 2018

Brian Michael Murphy

Brian Michael Murphy’s poems have appeared in Narrative, Waxwing, Birmingham Poetry Review, Queen Mob’s Tea House, and elsewhere. He is a faculty member in Media Studies at Bennington College and […]