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Sad Me of the Past // Episode 12: Josh Parkinson
Friday, February 14, 2025
Josh Parkinson reads a short story he wrote in high school. This absolute banger involves a fly, a car crash, and a response from the local authorities that you won’t see coming. Is it worth an hour of your time? We think so. It did win 3rd place in 1991.
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5Q Interview: Spencer Lane Jones, an MFA candidate in the Nonfiction Writing Program
Monday, February 10, 2025
"I became an early bird writer because I had to be, and it hasn't really left my body."
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Sad Me of the Past // Episode 11: Gina Welch
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
On this episode, we are joined by Gina Welch, award winning Castle Rock screenwriter.
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5Q Interview: UI Press Author Erika Morillo
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
"In this image-text memoir, I create an archive out of a myriad of sources: family photographs, images I’ve made, news clippings, videos, and conversations. "
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Sad Me of the Past // Episode 10: Ada Zhang
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
On this episode we have Ada Zhang in the studio with us to share an early piece of work and discuss her journey to become a writer.
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5Q Interview: Solenn Vincent, editor of The Broken Clock Magazine
Friday, November 22, 2024
"Broken Clock is unique in the fact that it focuses on time. This can be as specific or as vague in the submissions as the contributors would like, but all the pieces are centered around a specific topic within time."
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5Q Interview: UI Press Author Sharon Wahl
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
"The book opens with stories of new love—crushes, first dates. There is a longer story tracing a relationship from beginning to end, followed by stories about breaking up and then starting over, finding just the right person to fall in love with again."
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5Q Interview: UI Press Author Shelly Mazzanoble
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
"As a parent, you can’t help but wonder if you’re doing it right, where you’re falling behind, is everyone having more fun than you, do these kids even like me??? I think that way as a parent and a Dungeon Master."
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5Q Interview: UI Press Author Marguerite Sheffer
Monday, November 11, 2024
"The stories are completely unlinked, and encompass a mix of genres: there’s horror, science fiction, historical fiction, and a ghost story or two, alongside quite a bit of flash fiction."
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Sad Me of the Past // Episode 9: Lila Byock
Friday, November 8, 2024
Lila Byock stops by the studio to talk about her time writing for the acclaimed series Watchmen and her current projects.