Interviews

Summer Assistant Editor Arah Ko: I was thrilled to read CR editorial veteran Lisa Low’s debut full-length poetry collection Replica, the Editors’ Selection for the Wisconsin Poetry Series, released in March 2026. Hailed as a “lyrical reckoning,” this book caught my eye immediately. In celebration of the book launch, I asked Low about her poetics and …

Eric Weiskott interviews poet Victoria Chang on trees, artists, and writing for oneself.

Associate Editor Kate Jayroe: As Andy and I conclude our graduate assistantships here at CR, we had the opportunity to ask one another some questions and reflect on our experiences. We spoke about editorial philosophies, the work we accomplished together, and words of wisdom for the next cohort. We enjoyed our conversation. We hope you …

Ahead of their reading in Cincinnati on April 23, we chatted with Kathryn Cowles and Donald Revell

In her debut memoir-in-essays, Raised by Ferns, award-winning author Maya Jewell Zeller weaves rich stories of her nontraditional upbringing, the roots of her creativity, and the sources of her strength. The Cincinnati Review says Jewell Zeller’s voice, “both vulnerable and unflinching, carries a lyric precision attuned to the smallest details of time and place, yet …

Joyelle McSweeney on style, grief, and the necropastoral.

Danielle Dutton’s Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other is a collection of surreal stories full of haunted landscapes, literary experiments, and essays on the relationship between art and fiction. In this conversation, Mialise Carney and Danielle Dutton discuss the prairie as a site of dislocation, the process of collecting literary dresses, and how writing could be played …

Former CR editor and short story writer Christian Moody on his debut collection up for a PEN award

“Some writers are interested in character, some in place or plot, but I’m most interested in relationships.”

CR contributor Anya Groner interviews former editor Brian Trapp about his new novel, RANGE OF MOTION.