LL: Thank you Bruce, for the interview. We met when I was a doctoral candidate at Columbia University, and you brought me on board to help teach the course Leadership Through Fiction. I was impressed with the lyrical energy of your teaching. When I read Buena Suerte in Red Glitter, I was deeply moved by […]
Interview with Jill McCroskey Coupe
August 20, 2020 by Leave a Comment
SLR: Thank you for the opportunity to interview you. I really enjoyed your novel, Beginning with Cannonballs. Did you draw on any “real life” experiences in this story? What would you say this story is about, in the big picture sense? JMC: I’m very glad to know you liked my book. I grew up in […]
Karen Corinne Herceg Interviews Gail Godwin
August 13, 2020 by Leave a Comment
I see a landscape opening out, and I sense I can do anything I need to do if I take my time and let the way lead me forward. – Gail Godwin On an early spring day this past April, I met with acclaimed, bestselling novelist Gail Godwin at her home in the historic town […]
Allen Mendenhall Interviews Jodie Sinclair, Author of “Love Behind Bars”
June 30, 2020 by 4 Comments
AM: Jodie, so glad to interview you about this important book and subject, and I’m happy that our mutual friend, Joyce Corrington, introduced us. Your new book is Love Behind Bars, bearing the subtitle “The True Story of An American Prisoner’s Wife.” This is a memoir about the criminal justice system and the fight to […]
Donna Meredith Interviews Marina Brown, Author of “The Orphan of Pitigliano”
June 16, 2020 by Leave a Comment
DM: I have a theory that every great novel begins with one strong emotional scene or character or idea that ignites the author’s passion. What spark initiated your desire to write The Orphan of Pitigliano? MB: Honestly, I think it was a series of experiences I had had in Pitigliano over the years that coalesced […]
Allen Mendenhall Interviews Kathleen M. Rodgers, Author of “The Flying Cutterbucks”
June 4, 2020 by 5 Comments
AM: I hope you are safe and well during this coronavirus pandemic, Kathleen. I just want to give our readers some context for this interview in light of the rapidly evolving circumstances. Right now it’s March 2020, and we’re locked down and confined in the home because of COVID-19. But by the time this interview […]