Category: Interviews
Publisher Series, vol. 6: Copper Canyon Press
Cobalt: Tell us a little about Copper Canyon. How did you get started? What do you publish, in a nutshell? Copper Canyon: Copper Canyon was founded 40 years ago and is based in Port Townsend, Washington. We published poetry and translations, ...
Brian Russell: First Issue Re-Cap Interview
Cobalt: We featured several of your poems in our first issue (September 2011), so let me start by saying thank you for helping us get off the ground two years ago. What have you been up to over the past couple years? Brian ...
Jen Michalski: First Issue Re-Cap Interview
Cobalt: Let’s start by talking about your new book, THE TIDE KING, which won the 2012 Big Moose Prize and is being published by Black Lawrence Press (August 2013). We have an excerpt of the novel in this issue. Can ...
Interview: Aubrey Hirsch
Cobalt: Your first collection, WHY WE NEVER TALK ABOUT SUGAR, deals with love in many different ways - from the way that we replace human love with affection for consumer goods in the title story, to issues of self-acceptance in ...
Publisher Series, Vol. 5: Mud Luscious Press
Cobalt: Tell us a little bit about Mud Luscious Press. How did you get started? What do you publish, in a nutshell? Do you publish books that can fit in a nutshell? J. A. Tyler: Mud Luscious Press started as an ...
Interview: Amber Sparks
Cobalt: The first time we met, I had the pleasure of hearing you read "Death and the People" - the opening story from your collection MAY WE SHED THESE HUMAN BODIES. This story sets a great tone for the rest ...
Interview: Justin Sirois
Cobalt: First off, let me apologize for the delay in getting this interview started. However, it's my understanding that the greatest thrill is in the waiting. How has the wait been for you? Justin Sirois: Gripping, really. Haven’t slept since I ...
Cobalt: How did you get started as a writer? Candice Guardin: I started writing sitcoms and shorts in college. I learned that I really enjoyed writing what I knew or have experienced and putting a spin on it. Cobalt: What do you ...
Interview: Valzhyna Mort
COBALT: The first time I saw you speak was at the University of Baltimore’s orientation for new MFA students. You kept your address brief, but what stuck out to me clearly was this statement: Stop reading shit. (Which was intimidating ...
Interview: Michael Kimball
Cobalt: Two of your books, BIG RAY and DEAR EVERYBODY, face death through snapshots. In BIG RAY, those snapshots are through quick bursts of memories and descriptions of mementoes; and in DEAR EVERYBODY through unsent letters. What is your process ...
palmer prize
Volume One
