There are poets whose work doesn’t simply sit on the page—it moves through you. It asks you to […]
Darius Phelps
There’s a quiet brilliance that happens when a poet refuses to choose between order and rupture—when form and […]
“When the Container Burns: Christian Yeo Xuan on Form, Tenderness, ...
There are conversations that don’t move in straight lines. They circle. They spiral. They wander into memory, science […]
“What If You Come Back from the Dead?: Rosebud Ben-Oni ...
There are conversations that don’t feel like interviews—they feel like coming home to a room you didn’t realize […]
“The Shape of Return: An Intimate Conversation with Andrew Chi ...
There is a quiet strength in Taiyo Na’s voice—an urgency softened by compassion, sharpened by clarity. For decades, […]
Embracing the Tender: Taiyo Na on Paradigm Shifts and Poetic ...
I first met Isabella DeSendi the way you meet certain people in this life—through the work. Her poems […]
The Fire Beneath the Tongue: Isabella DeSendi on Craft, Healing, ...
In this intimate conversation for Tupelo Quarterly, I sat down with poet and educator DeeSoul Carson to discuss […]
I Don’t Let My Grief Swallow My Joy: DeeSoul Carson ...
There are some artists whose work doesn’t just speak—it summons. Haolun Xu is one of them. His poems […]
What We Carry, What We Create: Haolun Xu on Grief, ...
In this conversation for Tupelo Quarterly, I had the profound honor of speaking with poet and educator Eduardo […]
“Nothing Was Sitcom Pretty Here”: Eduardo Martínez-Leyva on Cowboy Park, ...
There is a quiet radiance in Ho Jae Kim’s work. It is not loud or insistent, but gently […]
Where the Light Touches Shadow: An Intimate Conversation with Ho ...
Dorothy Chan’s work is electric. It glitters, it bites, it dares you to look—and then dares you to […]
Reclaiming Glamour, Defying Gaze: A Conversation with Dorothy Chan on ...
In this intimate conversation for Tupelo Quarterly, I had the honor of sitting down with poet, actor, and […]