Two Questions for Chitra Divakaruni

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In her poetry, story collections and novels, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni explores the experience of contemporary Indian women, mostly immigrants to America adjusting to life in the New World. Like the

SMALL PRESS SPOTLIGHT: STELLA POPE DUARTE

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If I Die in Juárez, University of Arizona Press, 2008. Stella Pope Duarte is also the author of Let Their Spirits Dance (2002) and the story collection Fragile Night (1997).

SMALL PRESS SPOTLIGHT: ROGER SEDARAT

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Dear Regime: Letters to the Islamic Republic, Ohio University Press, 2008. Roger Sedarat, poet and translator, is currently assistant professor at Borough of Manhattan Community College/ City University of New

Richard Price, in Conversation (Part 3)

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This week, the In Retrospect series is looking back at Richard Price’s 1992 fiction finalist, Clockers. What follows is the third and final part of a three part interview (parts

Richard Price, in Conversation (Part 2)

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This week, the In Retrospect series is looking back at Richard Price’s 1992 fiction finalist, Clockers. What follows is the second of a three part interview (parts 1 and 3

Gary Snyder on Zazen

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Q: What does zazen do for the poetry? Do you feel that there is a relation there that helps somehow in the writing? A: I was very hesitant to even

Richard Price, in Conversation (Part 1)

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This week, the In Retrospect series is looking back at Richard Price’s 1992 fiction finalist, Clockers. What follows is the first of a three part interview (parts 2 and 3

Joyce Carol Oates in Conversation

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LAST night at Barnes & Noble in Tribeca poet Lawrence Joseph interviewed the recently twice-nominated Joyce Carol Oates about The Journals of Joyce Carol Oates, 1972-1983. It was a fascinating,