Adam al-Sirgany interviews Erin O’Luanaigh about developing her ekphrastic poem “The Swing” shaped by a painting of Jean-Honoré Fragonard.

Interview conducted on 12/17/2021.

The Interview Series is a production of the Iowa-based arts and education nonprofit 1-Week Critique (1WC), which provides pedagogical resources and editorial support to students and teachers of the literary arts.

You can learn more about our programs, support our work, and view Erin’s poems, first and final, visiting https://www.1weekcritique.com.

For more information on Erin’s work, please see her website:

https://www.erinoluanaigh.com

Her Twitter at

@erinowhat

Or find her podcast (sub)Text at

https://subtextpodcast.com

NB: Across the Interview Series, we occasionally discuss difficult issues of many kinds. While we believe that literature is one of the appropriate venues in which to speak to material that can be disturbing, we recognize not all individuals are best served by engaging all matters directly. We hope you'll view as it's right for you.

All rights to the work remain with the author.

In this episode, Ingrid Wenzler, Matthew K. Schmidt, and Adam al-Sirgany discuss “New Pocahontas” from Jonathan Blum’s 2019 collection The Usual Uncertainties (Rescue Press).

StoryTalk is a production of the Iowa-based arts and education nonprofit 1-Week Critique (1WC), which provides pedagogical resources and editorial support to students and teachers of the literary arts. You can learn more about our programs or support our work by visiting https://www.1weekcritique.com.

NB: Across StoryTalk, we occasionally discuss difficult issues of many kinds. While we believe that literature is one of the appropriate venues in which to speak to material that can be disturbing, we recognize not all individuals are best served by engaging all matters directly. We hope you'll view as it's right for you.

In this episode, Ingrid Wenzler, Matthew K. Schmidt, and Adam al-Sirgany discuss “Stand Your Skin” from Colin Barrett's 2013 collection Young Skins (Grove Press, Black Cat).

StoryTalk is a production of the Iowa-based arts and education nonprofit 1-Week Critique (1WC), which provides pedagogical resources and editorial support to students and teachers of the literary arts. You can learn more about our programs or support our work by visiting https://www.1weekcritique.com.

NB: Across StoryTalk, we occasionally discuss difficult issues of many kinds. While we believe that literature is one of the appropriate venues in which to speak to material that can be disturbing, we recognize not all individuals are best served by engaging all matters directly. We hope you'll view as it's right for you.

In this episode, Adam al-Sirgany, Matthew K. Schmidt, and Ingrid Wenzler, discuss The Brothers Grimm’s version of “The Golden Bird” from their 1812 anthology Children’s and Household Tales (trans. Edgar Taylor And Marian Edwardes, 1905).

StoryTalk is a production of the Iowa-based arts and education nonprofit 1-Week Critique (1WC), which provides pedagogical resources and editorial support to students and teachers of the literary arts. You can learn more about our programs or support our work by visiting https://www.1weekcritique.com.

NB: Across StoryTalk, we occasionally discuss difficult issues of many kinds. While we believe that literature is one of the appropriate venues in which to speak to material that can be disturbing, we recognize not all individuals are best served by engaging all matters directly. We hope you'll view as it's right for you.

Adam al-Sirgany interviews Yale Younger Poets winner Sean Singer about the development his prose-poem “Dirt,” which first in appeared in American Poetry Review and will be part of his forthcoming collection Today in the Taxi (Tupelo Press, 2022).

Interview conducted 10/20/20.

The Interview Series is a production of the Iowa-based arts and education nonprofit 1-Week Critique (1WC), which provides pedagogical resources and editorial support to students and teachers of the literary arts.

You can learn more about our programs, support our work, and view Sean’s poems, first and final, visiting https://www.1weekcritique.com.

For more information on Sean’s work, his books, and his editorial services, check out his website here:

https://www.seansingerpoetry.com

NB: Across the Interview Series, we occasionally discuss difficult issues of many kinds. While we believe that literature is one of the appropriate venues in which to speak to material that can be disturbing, we recognize not all individuals are best served by engaging all matters directly. We hope you'll view as it's right for you.

All rights to the work remain with the author.

In this episode, Matthew K. Schmidt, Ingrid Wenzler, and Adam al-Sirgany discuss Milan Kundera’s story “The Hitchhiking Game,” from his 1969 collection Laughable Loves.

StoryTalk is a production of the Iowa-based arts and education nonprofit 1-Week Critique (1WC), which provides pedagogical resources and editorial support to students and teachers of the literary arts. You can learn more about our programs or support our work by visiting https://www.1weekcritique.com.

NB: Across StoryTalk, we occasionally discuss difficult issues of many kinds. While we believe that literature is one of the appropriate venues in which to speak to material that can be disturbing, we recognize not all individuals are best served by engaging all matters directly. We hope you'll view as it's right for you.

StoryTalk is a roundtable appreciating short fiction a single story at a time.

In this episode, Ingrid Wenzler, Adam al-Sirgany, and Matthew K. Schmidt discuss Goli Taraghi's story “The Pomegranate Lady and Her Sons,” from her 2013 collection The Pomegranate Lady and Her Sons: Selected Stories (trans. by Karim Emami and by Sara Khalili).

StoryTalk is a production of the Iowa-based arts and education nonprofit 1-Week Critique (1WC), which provides pedagogical resources and editorial support to students and teachers of the literary arts. You can learn more about our programs or support our work by visiting 1weekcritique.com.

NB: Across StoryTalk, we occasionally discuss difficult issues of many kinds. While we believe that literature is one of the appropriate venues in which to speak to material that can be disturbing, we recognize not all individuals are best served by engaging all matters directly. We hope you'll view as it's right for you.

StoryTalk is a roundtable appreciating short fiction a single story at a time.

In this episode, Adam al-Sirgany, Matthew K. Schmidt, and Ingrid Wenzler, discuss Lucia Berlin’s story “Dr. “H.A. Moynihan” from her 2015 selected stories A Manual for Cleaning Women.

StoryTalk is a production of the Iowa-based arts and education nonprofit 1-Week Critique (1WC), which provides pedagogical resources and editorial support to students and teachers of the literary arts. You can learn more about our programs or support our work by visiting 1weekcritique.com.

NB: Across StoryTalk, we occasionally discuss difficult issues of many kinds. While we believe that literature is one of the appropriate venues in which to speak to material that can be disturbing, we recognize not all individuals are best served by engaging all matters directly. We hope you'll view as it's right for you.

StoryTalk is a roundtable appreciating short fiction a single story at a time.

In this episode, Matthew K. Schmidt, Ingrid Wenzler, and Adam al-Sirgany discuss Diane Williams's story “Lady,” from her 1998 collection Excitability.

StoryTalk is a production of the Iowa-based arts and education nonprofit 1-Week Critique (1WC), which provides pedagogical resources and editorial support to students and teachers of the literary arts. You can learn more about our programs or support our work by visiting 1weekcritique.com.

NB: Across StoryTalk, we occasionally discuss difficult issues of many kinds. While we believe that literature is one of the appropriate venues in which to speak to material that can be disturbing, we recognize not all individuals are best served by engaging all matters directly. We hope you'll view as it's right for you.

StoryTalk is a roundtable appreciating short fiction a single story at a time.

In this episode, Ingrid Wenzler, Adam al-Sirgany, and Matthew K. Schmidt discuss Edward P. Jones's story “His Mother’s House,” from his 1992 collection Lost in the City.

StoryTalk is a production of the Iowa-based arts and education nonprofit 1-Week Critique (1WC), which provides pedagogical resources and editorial support to students and teachers of the literary arts. You can learn more about our programs or support our work by visiting 1weekcritique.com.

NB: Across StoryTalk, we occasionally discuss difficult issues of many kinds. While we believe that literature is one of the appropriate venues in which to speak to material that can be disturbing, we recognize not all individuals are best served by engaging all matters directly. We hope you'll view as it's right for you.