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The Nitty Gritty
Interview with Tucker Leighty-Phillips By Charlotte Hamrick Although Twitter is getting lots of shade thrown at it lately, I still enjoy the fact that I can find new-to-me writers on it. I have my favorite widely-published writers, as everyone does, but there’s a special thrill when I read work by someone I’ve never read and…
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The Nitty Gritty: Home is a Made-Up Place by Ronit Plank, An Interview
By Charlotte Hamrick I met Ronit Plank when we both signed on as Co-editors in Creative Nonfiction for The Citron Review two years ago. Right from the start we worked well together and found we have pretty much the same aesthetic in our reading preferences. I read her highly acclaimed memoir, When She Comes Back,…
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The Nitty Gritty: TALKING INDEPENDENT PRESS WITH CASIE DODD OF BELLE POINT PRESS
By Charlotte Hamrick Some time this past summer I became aware of Casie Dodd and Belle Point Press on Twitter. Honestly, I don’t remember why, out of all the presses on Twitter, this one caught my eye (maybe because it’s based in the South?!) but I’ve been following its progress ever since. I feel like…
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The Nitty Gritty
An Interview with Lannie Stabile Interview by Charlotte Hamrick I first met Lannie Stabile about four years ago when we both volunteered for the same litmag. I knew her as a poet who wrote transcendent, heart-stopping poetry. I was (am) a huge fan. Her book Strange Furniture is a favorite of mine. When she branched…