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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A Case for “the surreal and the strange”: Interview with Anna Vangala Jones, Sudden Fiction Guest Judge and Author of Turmeric & Sugar
When I picture a flash fiction story done well, a story that's getting so much across in this tiny space, I imagine a little snow globe or something that's bursting with how much is going on inside it.
A Flash of Lightning and Heartbreak: Interview with Ashley Hutson, Sudden Fiction Guest Judge & Author of One’s Company
I feel like when you write flash, you're giving something to the reader, like an electric shock.
Breaking the Canon: Interview with K-Ming Chang, Sudden Fiction Guest Judge & Author of Bestiary
Something about flash fiction and short fiction is just so ripe with experimentation and with breaking boundaries and for kind of completely turning on its head what a story can look like.
On Craft and Contradictions: Interview with Jen Fawkes, Author of Mannequin and Wife
A few weeks ago, I sat down (virtually) with short story writer Jen Fawkes to discuss her debut story collection, Mannequin and Wife: Stories. We talked about the origin of her writing career, the ocean, and her goal of capturing the spectacular mundanity of everyday life through fiction.
Issue 40 Release Party Transcript
Read the transcript of our release party for Berkeley Fiction Review Issue 40, which took place on April 30th via Zoom!
BERKELEY FICTION REVIEW 