Dreams, Expectations, and the Pleasure Principle: An Interview with Jon Doughboy by Joseph Linscott “I harbor no hopes for readers. Once I’ve written something, my job is done, and readers are free to take away whatever they want from it.” Why did you make the decision to write about a character detailing their dreams? Was […]
Author: Joseph Linscott
It’s not easy to objectify someone when you can relate to them on a human level. This is such an incredibly poignant and comic story—and I’m particularly drawn to the fact that the story exists entirely in one scene—so I want to start off by asking what inspired your choice(s) to write this story […]
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To Write Truthfully
An Interview with William Hawkins By Joseph Linscott, Fiction Reader What is necessary, in a character, for a character to be dwelling on a comment made at a dinner in front of a writer? A shameless person wouldn’t be thinking about it. Anxieties are often manifestations of a desire to move in time, to “correct” […]
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Merging Genres, Worlds, and Languages
Interview with Helena Paoli By Joseph Linscott “When the genres merge, I see new life.” — Helena Paoli You write in your bio that you are exploring where “literary genres merge.” That word “merge” is so interesting to me. Whereas hybridity and experimental writing makes something else entirely out of these previous forms, you are […]