Mud Season Review
An Interview with Laura Perkins by Madeline DeLuca The impending apocalypse gave me room to explore a more sentimental, tender story of what it means to love someone, how difficult it can be to give and receive love. I was especially interested in the love we think we’re not supposed to feel, a love that […]
An Interview with Bill Smoot by Madeline DeLuca, Mud Season Review Fiction Co-Editor In the story, Lisa says, “That’s why I paint…so people can see things.” Do you relate to her at all? Do you write for the same reason? Oh, yes. I feel a deep kinship with her. I do write as a way […]
An Interview with Amy Barnes By Madeline DeLuca, Mud Season Review Fiction Co-Editor “I think I would be more sad to only have one piece of literature to remember. I like my scattered snatches of remembered characters and stories.” Amy Barnes What—or who—inspired this story? Part of the inspiration does come from the title reference […]
Associate Fiction Editor Madeline DeLuca interviews author Shih-Li Kow. Read Kow’s story “Golden Boys” here. Motherhood might be rewarding but it isn’t romantic in the Hallmark greeting-card way. —Shih-Li Kow A powerful scene in “Golden Boys” is when Noah sees Kentucky Chan killing the rabbit and Ti Yen calls them “savages.” Why did you […]
“I write almost exclusively after midnight and drink many ill-advised cups of coffee.”
–Marilyn Hope