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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

Cindy McCreery on Screenwriting

by Jordan Hill Cindy McCreery is a screenwriter and producer who has sold feature projects to New Line Cinema, Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, National Geographic Films, Warner Brothers, MGM, Branded Entertainment, Lionsgate, and Sony. Gulf Stream staff member Jordan Hill’s interview with her is below. Jordan Hill: At the University of Texas, you […]

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issue 31 Poetry

To live at the scene of an accident

by Linda Ravenswood To live at the scene of an accident To walk by a vast park where I played as a childand be oblivious to play.To drive by heavy iron gateswhere my handwas crushed in imperial hingesand not be jolted.To go on livingby the scene of a crime.To bake bread there,cut the grass,hang out […]

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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 […]