Continue reading “Interview with Nicole Oquendo”Ariana D. Den Bleyker interviewed Nicole Oquendo about creative writing, visual poetry, and “They Does Not Fit Like A Thundershirt Should“, a poem published on Likely Red in December.
Editor Ariana D. Den Bleyker interviewed Allie Marini about her story “No Reason To Waste Good Meat“, and her work as a writer.
“90% of my stories are written from my life and I’ve used them up. More and more imagination will be required.”
Likely Red Press published “Squint” earlier this year. Our Patrons on Patreon get access to some interviews and content early.
“The writing process is difficult. I doubt any writer that says otherwise. Fortunately, the threshold is pretty high to getting myself to set down and actually write, but once I do I can’t make myself get up until I’ve got a piece, or the bones of one, out on the page. Completely.”
“Confidence comes from challenging yourself, testing yourself out in the larger world, seeing if you can take a punch, seeing if needed you can give one.”
“I had the first line -root of speed- stuck in my head. I thought it was interesting, and I had my journal and went from there. I liked that it was 1 stanza, a continuous thought, condensed time.”
