5 – 9 is an ongoing interview series that asks writers about making a living in the real world while pursuing their craft.

Past Subjects:

• Naoko Fujimoto: Reprise Interview with a visual poet
• Caitlin Scarano: poet, PhD student, freelance writer and researcher
• Freesia McKee: the role of the artist and responsibility
• Amelia Martens: poet & instructor of composition at a community college
• Rachel Kincaid: Managing Editor of Autostraddle.com and Fiction Writer
• Luke Hankins: Poet, Server, Editor and Publisher
• Wendy Vardaman: The many hats of a poet, freelancer, and editorial assistant of a glass studio
• Rachel Lyon: Copywriter and Fiction Writer
• Emelie Samuelson: Bookseller, Blogger, and Novelist
• Michael Trocchia: In the Library, the Classroom, and the Study
• Rebecca Talbot: Essayist and Orchard Marketing
• William Carlos Williams: Doctor and Writer
• Lana Spendl: Fiction writer and Student Advisor
• Kate Klein: Fiction writer and “Virtual Forklift Operator”
• Beth Navarro: From picture books to blogs to medicare marketing
• Paula Carter: Essayist, fiction writer, and freelancer
• Geoffrey Hilsabeck: Poet and boarding school english teacher
• Julia Green: Novelist and freelance writer
• Sarah Suksiri: Poet and copyeditor
• Elizabeth Hoover: Poet and assistant director of Furious Flower Poetry Center
• Christopher Citro: Poet and adventurer in Syracuse
• Naoko Fujimoto: Poet, artist, and the Japanese Machine Industry
• Abdel Shakur: Fiction writer and ninth grade english teacher
• Angela Narciso Torres: Poet, mother, editor
• Ellis Felker: Poet and greeting card company owner

Do you know someone who I should interview? Let me know!