BackStory: Five Questions with Diane Gottlieb Author of From Here to Eternity What inspired you to write ‘From Here to Eternity’? My mother-in-law is 98 years old! She lived with us until she needed memory care, and now she is…
BackStory: Five More Questions with Marie Gethins
BackStory: Five More Questions with Marie Gethins Author of The Wife of Michael Cleary What inspired you to write ‘The Wife of Michael Cleary’? Many years ago, I walked past a school yard in Killarney, County Kerry where a group…
BackStory: Four Questions with Heain Joung
BackStory: Four Questions with Heain Joung Author of The Myth of an Unknown Girl What inspired you to write ‘The Myth of an Unknown Girl’? This writing is drawn from an episode of my life as a young girl from…
BackStory: Five Questions with Elou Carroll
BackStory: Five Questions with Elou Carroll Author of I Am Held in the Hands of God Who Is Named Walter Potter What inspired you to write “I Am Held in the Hands of God Who Is Named Walter Potter; or,…
BackStory: Six Questions with Jane Hammons
BackStory: Six Questions with Jane Hammons Author of Oklahoma (1888) What inspired you to write this ‘Oklahoma (1888)’? What do you have in common with your main character? This story is an excerpt from an unpublished novel, much of it…
BackStory: Six Questions with Lita Kurth
BackStory: Six Questions with Lita Kurth Author of The Revolutionary’s Brother What inspired you to write ‘The Revolutionary’s Brother’? How much research did you do while writing and editing, and did you discover anything that surprised you? I had read…
BackStory: Four Questions with Sudha Balagopal
BackStory: Four Questions with Sudha Balagopal Author of Samyukta What inspired you to write ‘Samyukta’? I have always wondered about the power of a love that could impel someone to swoop into a crowded wedding hall and literally take off…
BackStory: Five Questions with Tracy Fells
BackStory: Five Questions with Tracy Fells Author of Palindrome What inspired you to write ‘Palindrome’? I am fascinated with the history of relics and superstition, particularly around childbirth. The image of a birthing amulet, grasped in the hand of a…
BackStory: Five Questions with Helen Chambers
BackStory: Five Questions with Helen Chambers Author of Evie Girl What inspired you to write ‘Evie Girl’? A photo of a window with four panes, with a small, ragged hole in the bottom right hand corner and cracks spreading throughout…
BackStory: Five Questions with Slawka G. Scarso
BackStory: Five Questions with Slawka G. Scarso Author of 54.7754° N, 31.7890° E, April of 1940 What inspired you to write ‘54.7754° N, 31.7890° E, April of 1940’? This piece was inspired by the massacre of Katyn, which took place…