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The Geography of the Miami Voice: Yaddyra Peralta on “Literally Everyone’s Invited: An Ode to South Florida”

by Kamila Izquierdo Yaddyra Peralta is a poet originally from Tegucigalpa, Honduras. She immigrated to Miami with her family at the age of six. It was there that her passion for poetry began, sparked by an introduction to haiku from her first-grade Spanish teacher. Her essays and poetry have since been featured in anthologies like Eight Miami […]

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Interview issue 32 Miami Book Fair International

Alexandra Chang on Tomb Sweeping, Autofiction, and the Dirty Word of ‘Ambition’

by Travis Cohen Alexandra Chang is the author of Days of Distraction (Ecco/HarperCollins, 2020) and was recently selected as a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree, chosen for the impact her debut and future works promise to have on the literary landscape. Her forthcoming collection of short stories, Tomb Sweeping, is set to be […]

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Interview issue 31 Miami Book Fair International

Victoria Chang on The Trees Witness Everything

by Madison Whatley Victoria Chang’s forthcoming book of poems, With My Back to the World, will be published in 2024 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux and Corsair Books in the U.K. Her most recent book of poetry, The Trees Witness Everything, was published by Copper Canyon Press and Corsair Books in the U.K. in 2022 and was named one of […]

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Interview issue 31 Miami Book Fair International

Sandra Cisneros on Woman Without Shame

by Ellie Gomero and Cathy Almeciga Sandra Cisneros is an award-winning Mexican American poet, short story writer, novelist, essayist, performer, and artist. Best known for her debut novel House on Mango Street, her work has garnered numerous awards, including NEA fellowships in both poetry and fiction, a MacArthur Fellowship, and national and international book awards. […]

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Interview issue 31 Miami Book Fair International

Kemi Alabi on Against Heaven

by Trey Rhone Kemi Alabi is the author of Against Heaven (Graywolf Press, 2022), selected by Claudia Rankine as the winner of the 2021 Academy of American Poets First Book Award. Their conversation with Gulf Stream poetry reader Trey Rhone at the 2022 Miami Book Fair is below: TR: So, Kemi, could you give me […]

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Interview issue 31 Miami Book Fair International

Anni Liu on Her First Book, Border Vista

by Madison Whatley Anni Liu is a poet, essayist, translator, and editor. She is the author of Border Vista (Persea, 2022), her debut poetry book. Gulf Stream Managing Editor Madison Whatley’s interview with her at the 2022 Miami Book Fair is below. MW: Thanks for coming. AL: Of course. MW: How does it feel to […]

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Interview issue 31 Miami Book Fair International

Fatimah Asghar on When We Were Sisters, Screenwriting, and Social Media

by Madison Whatley Fatimah Asghar is the author of If They Come for Us: Poems and When We Were Sisters: A Novel. They are a poet, filmmaker, educator, and performer. They are the writer and co-creator of Brown Girls, an Emmy-nominated web series highlighting friendships between women of color. Along with Safia Elhillo, they are […]