Writing in the Kitchen, in the Presence of Those I Love Most
Maybe I’m just not a writer who’s meant to work in peace and quiet, as lovely as that sounds.
“Through writing this book, I’ve come to decide that I’m no longer a foreigner in this land”: A Conversation with Ye Chun
“Although my main characters find themselves in difficult circumstances, they are not passive. They resist, confront, and sometimes arrive at moments of transcendence.”
“I hope people consider the different ways history can be told”: A Conversation with Clint Smith
“Who we are, what our identities and backgrounds and politics are, all of these things animate how we experience a place.”
Editor-in-Chief Mensah Demary on Growing Soft Skull Press as a Literary Home for Creative, Risk-Taking Writers
“Sometimes I think this is my only role as an editor: to convince the world, starting with the publisher, that a book should exist.”
How Science Journalist Ed Yong Helps Readers Make Sense of the World
“If you do it well, science writing trains you to grapple with uncertainty, to embrace nuance, to run toward complexity, to try hard to make sense of the world.”
“You only have to find one editor who shares your vision”: A Conversation with Jonathan Lee, Editor in Chief of Catapult Books
“The goal isn’t to please the whole world.”
“It’s a great honor to lay eyes on a writer’s work and help give it a visual identity”: Nicole Caputo on Art, Design, and the First Year of the Catapult Artist Program
“Because Catapult is multifaceted, because our content spans so many subjects, it seemed the Catapult Artist program would really be an extension of what the magazine was already doing.”
Links for Wednesday, June 21st
On Sunday, Seattle police officers shot and killed Charleena Lyles, a pregnant woman who had called to report a robbery, in her home in front of her children. Rahawa Haile has been writing some knock-down incredible pieces about her Appalachian Trail thru-hike (I will not be satisfied until I can read her book and maybe […]
Launched This Week: June 5th-9th
A roundup of stories from our week together at Catapult.
Launched This Week: May 29th-June 2nd
A roundup of stories from our week together at Catapult.