No. 31: Emily Temple Q. Do you see Olive as a resident of fairyland while also living in our world, or do you see Olive as a normal resident of a...
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Pins & Needles No. 30: Mai Der Vang
No. 30: Mai Der Vang Q. In addition to “the brass orbit of a dirge” (wow), “A Mouth And Its Name” addresses erasure and anonymity. Is one state...
Pins & Needle No. 27: Matthew Mercier
No. 27: Matthew MercierQ. Do you think humans are naturally drawn, in some way, to the ugly, as you once were to the witch in The Wizard of Oz? Why...
Pins & Needles No. 26: Abigail Zimmer
No. 26: Abigail ZimmerQ. I enjoyed the list aspects in “At the Closing of the World,” bonus points for coral and that beluga whale. “Hiatus” also...
Pins & Needles No. 25: Sarah Sarai
No. 25: Sarah SaraiQ. Winged monkeys, especially those that shoot fire, are bound to provoke anxiety. Suppose they were granted an audience with the...
Pins & Needles No. 24: Carrie Messenger
No. 24: Carrie MessengerQ. "I couldn’t remember before the Dust, but my sister could. She had two years on me. She was four when the Dust came." Do...
Pins & Needles No. 23: Grace Bauer
No. 23: Grace BauerQ. The craft aficionado in me adores your poem’s stanza construction, particularly the transition between stanzas two and three....
Pins & Needles No. 22: Kat Meads
No. 22: Kat MeadsQ. I’m curious about the process here—how did you come into this piece? Did you have it already written before The Emerald Issue...
Pins & Needles No. 21: Carrie Bennett
No. 21: Carrie BennettQ. The withholding of the journey itself is interesting, in that the story is what comes before the journey. What compelled...
Pins & Needles No. 20: Daniel Olivas
No. 20: Daniel OlivasQ: Your piece features a great deal of dream logic, such as Pánfilo accepting without question his ex-lover sitting atop a...
