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September 2012

Lorrie Moore Recap!

Acclaimed writer Lorrie Moore, author of such contemporary classics as the short story collections Self Help and Birds of America, as well as the novels Who Will Run the Frog Hospital and most recently

5 Questions for Marilyn Chin

PS Managing Editor Marianne Kunkel interviews the Fall 2012 contributor on her "crossed dressing" prose poems

Marilyn Chin’s books of poems include Rhapsody in Plain Yellow; The Phoenix Gone, The Terrace Empty; and Dwarf Bamboo. Her new book of tales is called Revenge of the Mooncake Vixen. Her work is widely anthologized and is taught in classrooms all over the world.

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Your series of six poems in the Fall 2012 issue of Prairie Schooner examine the strained relationship between a daughter away at camp and her mother who writes her letters. Only three questions appear in the entire series; the mother is so uninquisitive and quick to judge, it's sometimes funny. What inspired your use of humor in these poems?

New Web Editor!

An Introduction from Eric Jones

In Milledgeville, GA, where I come from, southern rock and southern food are the key nutrients in the city's veins. Here in Lincoln, NE, it's football and books. So when I moved here last year I immediately arranged to meet with the chair of the One Book, One Lincoln Committee to discuss the 2011 winner, Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese. (I also bought a Huskers Blackout Tee.)

Four Questions for Brian James Schill

Claire Harlan Orsi interviews the PS Fall 2012 Contributor on his essay, "The Superego State: A Lover’s Reply"

Brian James Schill is a North Dakota native. He teaches a variety of courses for the University of North Dakota Honors Program. His scholarship and creative nonfiction have appeared in Clamor, Punk Planet, Extra!, Anarchist Studies and elsewhere.

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You write that you "can no longer ignore" the social and psychological ramifications of being a North Dakotan. Why do you think you've chosen to investigate this subject at this moment in your life? Was there a catalyst that provoked you to reflect on your state heritage?

Kewpie's Mom

This is the eighth installment of an ongoing series written for the blog by Richard Graham. Richard is an associate professor and media services librarian at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he studies the educational use of comics and serves as the film and art history liaison. His posts examine UNL’s, Nebraska’s, and the larger literary world’s connections with the comics medium.

Rose O’Neill was a self-trained artist who built a very successful career as a magazine and book illustrator. She is well-known as the inventor of the Kewpie, an elfish and androgynous cupid with a top-knot head, large eyes, and cute little grin. Kewpies were a consumer craze that lasted a few decades and made Ms. O’Neill a millionaire. Though she was a prudent entrepreneur, Rose had the soul of an artist, and her personal life and ambitions reflected this.

Fall Issue Highlights!

Gentle Readers: Prairie Schooner Fall 2012 is here!!

This is the issue in which...

Alicia Ostriker personifies old women, tulips and dogs
Ted Kehoe writes the strange grief of a miscarriage
Nance Van Winckel contemplates "the lingo of smile and nod" and
Our esteemed reviewers assess the National Book Award's "5 Under 35" selections as well as new work from Cathy Park Hong, Joe Millar and more!

Subscribe here, and make sure to check back in this space for Fall Issue-related features coming up in the next month, including a North Dakota-related interview, Marilyn Chin on genre-melding and a multimedia photo-collage from one of our contributors!

In the meantime, read these tantalizing excerpts from:

Goodbye, Ted!

Many thanks to outgoing Web Editor Ted Wheeler for all his work on the journal! Here are some parting words from Ted himself.

Marilyn Nelson--Full Interview!

For Air Schooner 12: Spiritual Experience, Adrian Koesters interviewed poet Marilyn Nelson. Listen to the uncut version of their conversation here, as Nelson discusses how her current work is in dialogue with past work, being an outsider looking in, "formalist" poetry and more!

Jericho Brown--Full Interview!

For Air Schooner 12: Spiritual Experience, host Stacey Waite talked to poet and essayist Jericho Brown.

Hear the full text of their conversation here, beginning with an extended reading from Brown's essay, "The Possibility of God," then listen as Stacey and Jericho converse about going to church, embracing identities and "progressing the world in which we live."

"Death is never too far"

An Interview with Danish Manzoor

This is the seventh in a series of blog posts by guest contributor Nabina Das, who writes about Indian books and authors.

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