Category: Pas de Deux
“What Makes a Life?” Contributors Michael Dhyne and Dean Rader Discuss the work of Cy Twombly, Fathers, and Loss
In this dual interview, poets Michael Dhyne and Dean Rader discuss their shared fascination with the artwork of Cy Twombly.
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Contributors Shena McAuliffe and Tessa Yang’s Dual Interview
Authors of two recent story collections interview each other about genre decisions, the surprises and delights of publication, and how they define success.
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Pas de Deux: Weiss & Pearson
Yesterday, we featured the first part of our pas de deux between authors Joanna Pearson and Jillian Weiss, whose story and essay have eerily similar content, with both references to the devil and to kids in care of the state/foster system.
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Pas de Deux: Pearson & Weiss
When we realized we’d be publishing both Joanna Pearson’s story “The Films of Roman Polanski” and Jillian Weiss’s essay “Invisible Man Asshole,” we knew we wanted the two pieces in conversation together
Read MorePas de Deux: Parry & Leegant
Welcome to the adagio movement of our Pas de Deux between fiction writers and 11.1 contributors Leslie Parry and Joan Leegant. Read on to witness these virtuosos pirouetting around such topics as adapting fairy tale motifs in...
Read MorePas de Deux: Leegant & Parry
Welcome back to another dynamic performance of our double-interview feature Pax de Deux, this time between fiction writers and 11.1 contributors Joan Leegant and Leslie Parry (about whose story “Vogelsong” Brenda Peynado wrote a...
Read MorePas de Deux: Phillips & Snider
And now for Part Deux of the exchange between Carl Phillips—on his poem “Hold Tight”—and Bruce Snider—on “Creation Myth”—both published in CR 11.1. Happy reading! Carl Phillips:...
Read MorePas de Deux: Snider & Phillips
Welcome back to the CR dance-party the hipster kids are calling Pas de Deux, our two-part interview exchange between recent contributors. In this encounter, Bruce Snider asks fellow poet and 11.1 contributor Carl Phillips how...
Read MorePas de Deux: Hoyt & Silver
And now for part deux of the danse macabre between Dan Hoyt and Doug Silver. (And a BONUS for the morbid among you: a list of notable people throughout history who were beheaded, “arranged alphabetically by country or...
Read MoreNews from the Crypt
Hey, CR followers. We’re breaking our summer skeleton-crew silence with a reminder, an update, and a treat. First, don’t forget our summer contest. There’s some lovely moolah attached to the Schiff...
Read MorePas de Deux: Nuernberger & Lessley
Thanks for stopping by to check out the last poetry Pas de Deux of the season: our second interview between poets and 10.2 contributors Kathryn Nuernberger and Shara Lessley. Below, Nuernberger asks Lessley about her poem “They...
Read MorePas de Deux: Kirby & Alcalá
Team Alcalá -Kirby strikes again with this rematch Pas de Deux interview in which David Kirby spars with Rosa Alcalá, administering his questionnaire regarding—appropriately—her poem “Questionnaire” (10.2). Stay tuned to read...
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