Leslie Lindsay chats with CR contributor Su Cho about her debut poetry collection, The Symmetry of Fish. Juxtaposing Korean and English, ocean and prairie, parent and child, Cho’s poetry, like water, takes an unpredictable path.
Journalist Alison Stine shares her experiences: “Writing in another form, whatever it is, will always help you return to your instrument stronger and with new awareness.”
I spent minutes just staring at the cursor blink at me: an infinite tally for the time I was wasting, a constant little wound scarring the page I couldn’t dare to fill.
Submitting our work can often feel daunting, risky, even scary. Although I’m sure there is one, I can’t currently think of another profession where one willingly places themselves in a position to be rejected as much as writers do.