Image InStudio

Poet Cate Lycurgus joins Brittney Mihalich, Image graduate assistant, in conversation about finding inspiration in nature, the intersection of spirituality and craft, and how poetic structure reflects content.

Fiction writer Patrick Jankowski talks with Image program coordinator, Beth Kilpatrick, about his experience in the former Soviet Union, influences, love for his wife, and the challenge and privilege of writing across cultures.

In this video, Brian shares the inspiration behind his poem, "A Goy’s Guide to Tanakh Hebrew: Chesed, from Image 126, why his poem trades virtue for forgiveness, and his contagious love of words and poetry.

Claire Hanlon discusses the process of writing "This Pillar of Cloud," published in Image issue 126. In this poignant conversation, Claire reflects on writing the truth with love about her abusive marriage to a drug-addicted, now-ex-husband, the images she utilized to depict her experience, and the advice she would offer someone choosing to write about trauma.

Trigger warnings: Addiction, Family Abuse

Chris Hoke works as a prison chaplain, founder and leader of Underground Coffee, and author of Wanted: A Spiritual Pursuit Through Jail, Among Outlaws, and Across Borders. In this InStudio interview, he talks with Elizabeth Solleder about learning from people living on society's margins, grief and his writing process.

Gabriel Mills’s paintings reflect complex textures and imagery, expressing relationships and internal realizations. He holds an MFA from Yale and a BFA from the University of Hartford. His work is featured in notable public and private collections internationally. In this video, Gabriel has a wide-ranging conversation with Amanda Cordero about, among other things, his inspiration, his worldview and how his experience working as a security guard at the Met influenced his art.

Libby Solleder, a recent graduate from Fairfield University and an intern at Image, interviews Carol Ann Davis, poet and director of Fairfield University's Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program. Their conversation covers the connection between grief and beauty, inspiration in writing, and faith.

Award-winning fiction writer Gemini Wahhaj talks about her short-story, "Ashamed," from Image issue 124 with Beth Kilpatrick, Image graduate-assistant from Fairfield University's MFA in Creative Writing Program.

In this book launch event, Image celebrates the release of artist Bruce Herman's latest book, Makers by Nature. Bruce is joined in conversation by art historian, author, and professor Katie Kresser. The two share a wide-ranging conversation on art, faith, and more in this one-hour event.

Recorded on May 15, 2025.

Image celebrated the release of Alissa Wilkinson's new book, We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine, with an online book reading, conversation between author Alissa Wilkinson and Image Creative Nonfiction Editor Lauren Winner, and audience Q&A. We Tell Ourselves Stories has been included in Most Anticipated Books of 2025 lists by the LA Times, Literary Hub, The Millions, and The Washington Post. In this riveting cultural biography, New York Times film critic Alissa Wilkinson examines Joan Didion's influence through the lens of American mythmaking.

This conversation was published on March 12, 2025.