Author Interview
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New from Haunted Doll House, Letitia Trent’s novel Summer Girls is a tense, unsettling, and intoxicating story of two sisters and one pivotal summer. Here, Trent answers questions posed by blog mistress Jessica L. Walsh. JW: Can you talk about the writing process for Summer Girls? Where did the concept originate? What was the creative
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Blog Mistress Jessica L. Walsh talked with poet Kiara Nicole Letcher on her new book Oxblood, available for purchase here. JW: When reading Oxblood I thought of the poem “The Quiet House” by one of my favorite poets, Charlotte Mew, which contains a line stating “Red is the strangest pain to bear.” The pervasiveness of
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As blog mistress for Agape Editions, I recently had the chance to talk with the creative pair who bring us Growing, the first release from our Kumquat Books children’s imprint. Mélusine Thierry, author, and Z.A. Pappas, illustrator, answered a few questions about their moving and joyful book. JW: Tell me about a book from your own
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Agape Blog Mistress Jessica L. Walsh had the opportunity to interview Jay Halsey on his remarkable new collection from our Haunted Doll House imprint Barely Half in an Awkward Line. JW: Tell me about the process of creating this book. Did pictures give rise to texts? How did image and word interact throughout the composition
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Hillary Leftwich recently had the chance to interview Mihael Pelin, author of Agape’s new release Vourdalak and Other Stories / Who Casts No Shadow. HL: What are you reading these days? How do you feel about the work(s) you’re currently reading, and why? MP: I am finishing up Anne Birrell’s translation of The Classic of
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by Jessica L. Walsh Katie Manning is quietly doing more in the literary community at any given time than I could possibly do, so obviously I asked her to do more by answering a few questions about her profoundly wonderful book Hereverent, now available. Read on for a recent poem that blows me away. JW:
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Blog mistress Jessica Walsh had the opportunity to talk with Joanna Valente about the new Agape Editions title, the soul, our soul JW: Tell me about the relationship between the visual and textual components. Are there any visual pieces that led to poems, or vice versa? JV: Both happened! Sometimes I wrote poems first and
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Jessica Walsh (JW) interviews Hillary Leftwich (HL) about Ghosts Are Just Strangers Who Know How to Knock, an intense and lyrically agile collection newly published by the Haunted Doll House imprint of Agape Editions. Ghost Are Just Strangers Who Know How to Knock is now available for purchase. JW: The title of this collection is Ghosts
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Sydney Kay (SK) interviews Arielle Greenberg (AG) about her book, Come Along With Me to the Pasture Now, a dynamic poetry collection exploring motherhood, belonging, race, place, and more. Come Along With Me to the Pasture Now is available for purchase in our bookstore. SK : The handwritten notes throughout the book feel so organic,
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Jessica Walsh talks with Emari DiGiorgio about her forthcoming collection Girl Torpedo (Agape Editions, 2018) and the spaces we create for survival.
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Will Flaherty talks with Keith Jones about the artistic, intellectual, and philosophical influences behind his chapbook Shorn Ellipses (Agape Editions, 2017).
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Will Flaherty talks with Steven Sanchez about the influences behind his chapbook Photographs of Our Shadows (Agape Editions, 2017) and how he accesses vulnerability and strength through poetry.
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