AJ Buckle is a poet and teacher living in and writing from his apartment in Ottawa, Canada. He holds an honors BA in literature from… Read More »AJ Buckle on Capturing Specific Moments in His Poetry
Ai Jiang is a Chinese-Canadian writer and poet who graduated with a BA in English literature from the University of Toronto and is a student… Read More »The Humanness of Nature in Ai Jiang’s Poem “March”
Abigail Swoboda is a poet and kindergarten teacher who lives in Philadelphia. Their short story “Dandelion-Head” is published in Capsule Stories Winter 2020 Edition and… Read More »Abigail Swoboda on Centering Intimacy in “Dandelion-Head”
Kendra Nuttall is a copywriter by day and poet by night. Her work has previously appeared in Spectrum, Capsule Stories, Chiron Review, and What Rough… Read More »Kendra Nuttall on Writing About Loss in Her Poetry
Claire Taylor is a writer of poetry, short fiction, and the occasional essay. She makes up stories for kids in her monthly newsletter, Little Thoughts,… Read More »Writing the Slow Burn: “Retreat” by Claire Taylor
Carol McGill lives in Dublin. Her short stories have been published in Sonder Magazine, Crannóg, Number Eleven Magazine, Silver Apples Magazine, and the anthology Words… Read More »Carol McGill on Crafting an Urgent, Frenzied Story with Perspective and Punctuation
Content warning: sexual assault Julia Farney is an angsty therapist prone to sporadic existential crises and spontaneous travels across the country. She makes questionable art… Read More »Julia Farney on Exploring Trauma Through Poetry
Mary Ford Neal lives near Glasgow, in the United Kingdom, where she works as an academic at the University of Strathclyde, teaching, researching, and writing… Read More »Mary Ford Neal on Writing a Poem in Memoriam
Dani Castonzo is a fundraiser and creative writer from Chicago. She is an avid reader, traveler, and walker. She is a frequent performer in Chicago’s… Read More »How Journaling and Observation Shape Dani Castonzo’s Prose Poetry
Maina Chen is a nerd masquerading as an editor and writer in some cavernous corner of Brooklyn. A half-nocturnal night dweller, she writes short stories… Read More »Maina Chen on Nostalgia and Revising Old Work