“Blind Willie Johnson is a pretty big vocal influence. He can be very harsh, like gargly, gruff vocals, but also just slip into some very delicate, vulnerable soft stuff. I like that combination.” BigsStuffInfluenceBlindVulnerableCombinationSlipsDelicateHarshVocalJohnsonStuff I Like Author:Benjamin Booker
“Even when I interviewed bands, it was about asking them about writing songs, so it was more for me than anybody else.” WritingSongBandAskingWriting Songs Author:Benjamin Booker
“Ive been making music since I was 14, but for a while, I was afraid to perform.” Author:Benjamin Booker
“I dont think I ever wanted to be a journalist - I was more interested in what comes from being a journalist.” ThinkingWantedJournalist Author:Benjamin Booker
“Wolf Boy is absolutely beguiling. Evan Kuhlman has boundless empathy for all his characters, and his wonderful protagonist Stephen is, in turn, boundlessly inventive. . . . This is an auspicious debut.” CharacterTurnsBoysWonderfulEmpathyBoundlessProtagonistsDebut Author:Valerie Sayers
“Woodrell's storytelling is as melodic, jangly and energetic as a good banjo riff.... Sammy Barlach's story is a tragedy, but the telling of it is a pleasure.” StoriesPleasureTragedyStorytellingEnergeticBanjos Author:Valerie Sayers
“Tides is a rich, taut, suspenseful, and funny exploration of two worlds, selkie and human. It's full of mystery but it's also so fully imagined that a reader can jump right in. Betsy Cornwell is a terrific new talent with a boundless imagination.” WorldHumansTwoImaginationRichMysteryTalentReaderExplorationTidesTerrificBoundlessTwo WorldsNew Talent Author:Valerie Sayers
“If our dreams could edit the news (and sometimes our nightmares) these poems are how they'd wake us up to the urgency of our times.” IfsSometimesDreamNewsOur TimeNightmareOur DreamsUrgencyEdits Author:Betsy Sholl
“Nondistraction means not being lost in subtle undercurrents of delusion or indifferent stupor.” MeanLostSubtleDelusionIndifferent Author:Thinley Norbu
“Fill your pages with details. Work hard to get the right word.” HardHard WorkPagesDetailsRight Words Author:Robert Littell