Interviews – BERKELEY FICTION REVIEW

November 24, 2021November 23, 2021 Julia Cheunkarndee Interviews, Magazine

An Element of Sacrifice: Interview with Emily Dezurick-Badran, author of Issue 41 story “Remainder”

Sacrifice can be this totally joyful choice that people make, which is something that I've come to terms with more, recently.

November 10, 2021November 9, 2021 Edith Noyes Interviews

Echoed Traumas and The Inheritance of a Nation: Interview with Conrad Loyer, author of Issue 41 story “Haunted Home”

This explanation of my relationship with racial memory and inherited trauma, I think, started coming in.

October 29, 2021November 9, 2021 Isabel Hinchliff Interviews

Text and Images: Interview of Charlotte Bunney, artist for Issue 41 story “Pillow Practice”

The difficult thing with illustrating is trying to find an image that complements the piece without giving it away.

October 27, 2021October 24, 2021 Isabel Hinchliff Interviews

A Love Letter to Poetry: Interview with Annie Williams, author of Issue 41 story “Pillow Practice”

This character, she treats dating and writing very similarly.

October 15, 2021October 13, 2021 Isabel Hinchliff Interviews

Making Wordplay Visual: Interview with Amy-Grace Ratanapratum, Artist of Issue 41 Piece “Mindless Eye”

I did feel like I was sort of peering into their brain and trying to pluck out what they thought was the most important part.

October 13, 2021October 10, 2021 Julianne Han Interviews

Character Analysis and Organic Writing: Interview of Kimberly Liu, Author of Issue 41 Story “I, Iris”

I think in the literature that I've read, sight as a bit of a metaphor for knowledge, for awareness, and for identity, is pretty well suffused and embedded into this collective recognition.

October 4, 2021October 13, 2021 Julia Cheunkarndee Interviews, Magazine

Working with Waves and Watercolors: Interview with Mikaela Kristianous, Artist of Issue 41 Piece Regarding the Sea

I definitely take inspiration from the skies, like I mentioned, flowers, even food: strawberries, raspberries, those kinds of things.

September 29, 2021September 27, 2021 Julia Cheunkarndee Interviews, Magazine

Being Led by Joy: Interview with K-Ming Chang, Author of Issue 41 Story “Haiyang”

I wanted to bring water into these places that are sterile or dry or drought-ridden.

September 13, 2021September 12, 2021 Julianne Han Interviews

Art and Characterization: Interview of Amy Alicia Santa Maria, Artist of Issue 41 Piece “The Masterpiece”

They're a more picturesque version than what they really are, and it's just capturing one singular moment in time.

September 8, 2021September 7, 2021 Isabel Hinchliff Interviews

Imagination and Experience: Interview of Finnegan Shepard, Author of Issue 41 Story “The Gallery”

It’s not a question of good guy bad guy so much as a question of whether these people give each other what they need.