BackStory: Three Questions with Avra Margariti Author of All the King’s Puppets and All the King’s Strings What inspired you to write ‘All the King’s Puppets and All the King’s Strings’? I was talking with a US-based friend about the…
All the King’s Puppets and All the King’s Strings
All the King’s Puppets and All the King’s Strings by Avra Margariti King Alexander dreams of puppets. Stringed dolls of tanned wood and fabric-scrap fatigues fighting losing battles for freedom. You must never forget that we are foreigners, his father…
Backstory: Five Questions with Genevieve Allen
Backstory: Five Questions with Genevieve Allen Author of Half Past Two What inspired you to write ‘Half Past Two’? Almost all of my pieces are inspired by two things: nature, and the stories of LGBTQ+ people throughout history. The inspiration…
Half Past Two
Half Past Two by Genevieve Allen The wallpaper was growing increasingly difficult to ignore. That morning, Lyle had felt the same vague distaste for its sugary green and twee mauve flowers that he always had. Then he’d read the paper,…
BackStory: Six Questions with Lourdes Mackey
BackStory: Six Questions with Lourdes Mackey Author of A Despicable Article What inspired you to write ‘A Despicable Article’? I was doing some research on convicts transported to Van Diemen’s Land and came across Red Kelly – Ned Kelly’s father,…
A Despicable Article
A Despicable Article by Lourdes Mackey Kate Kelly to her youngest sister Alice, October 4th, 1898 You asked how it began Alice. Well God and His Mother knows that from the very minute Ned Kelly opened his eyes as a…
BackStory: Five Questions with P Akasaka
BackStory: Five Questions with P Akasaka Author of Haori What inspired you to write ‘Haori’? My grandmother was a seamstress and I always wanted to write something about that life. Wearing a haori was a great status symbol among young…
Haori
Read and listen in English Read and listen in Japanese / 日本語 Haori by P Akasaka 31 August 1923. What the fuck! said Koume. Her name meant “little plum,” but sweet she was not. If an apprentice could wear a…
BackStory: Five Questions with Salena Casha
BackStory: Five Questions with Salena Casha Author of This is not a story about my grandfather What inspired you to write ‘This is not a story about my grandfather’? I grew up hearing a piece of family lore related to…
This is not a story about my grandfather
This is not a story about my grandfather by Salena Casha On July 26, 1956, my grandfather’s suitcase hit a seabed at the bottom of the Atlantic just off the coast of Nantucket. While made of newly flogged leather cinched…