Interview with Playwright Ruth Tang, in a Spreadsheet
Drama Editor Brant Russell interviews playwright Ruth Tang, in a spreadsheet
Cincinnati Review
Accepting Submissions to Our Summer Contest!
It’s officially summer, which means we’re accepting submissions to the Robert and Adele Schiff Awards!
Writers’ Day Jobs: Jenn Scott
Fiction writer Jenn Scott shares her perspective on the craft of being a server in the restaurant industry: “I love juggling nine thousand things at once and smoothing over potential catastrophes.”
Microreview and Interview: Matt Mitchell’s The Neon Hollywood Cowboy
Assistant Editor Taylor Byas interviews Matt Mitchell about his debut collection, The Neon Hollywood Cowboy, in which Mitchell “spins us a record, songs of longing and love crooning from grainy speakers.”
Why We Like It: “Hotshot” by Jaclyn Dwyer
“Hotshot” closes with the realization that sometimes a fire gets too hot and high for anything else to stop it. These final lines can also serve as a metaphor for addiction—sometimes the fire of it can only be put out with more fire…