Tag Archives: Meakin Armstrong

Interviewing Etgar Keret

He’s Israel’s top writer, a man whose work I adore—and I got to spend two hours with him for Guernica.  In America, where writers are preoccupied with the craft of writing, I always try to introduce this concept of the … Continue reading

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The People’s Pervert: John Waters

I interviewed John Waters for Guernica. Now at sixty-nine (“an embarrassing age,” he said at a recent appearance in New York City, “I don’t even like the sex position”), John Waters seems to have a career on the upswing: he’s … Continue reading

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A New Flash Fiction Piece Up at Joe + Gigs

I wrote a flash fiction piece for the online journal, Joe + Gigs. Joe + Gigs is an ekphrastic site: all stories are in some way about paintings. For no reason at all (other than I’d given myself about an hour or … Continue reading

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Start Your Own Magazine: What do You Need to Know?

It’s going to be a lot like an AWP panel (but without your having to fly to Chicago, fight the crowds, and eat bad hotel food). Find out how to start a literary magazine of your own—and how to make … Continue reading

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