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!
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