Hemmed in by what she ‘should’ be writing, Clare Beams turned a corner by freeing herself to write what would become the title story in her phenomenal collection WE SHOW WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED. James was fortunate enough to edit one of Clare’s stories for ONE STORY, and they discuss that experience as well as putting her collection together, how she ignored advice to maintain a consistent level of weird, and exploring the limitlessness of short fiction. Plus Emily Smith, publisher at Lookout Books, describes the unique program at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.
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Clare Beams
Clare and James discuss:
Columbia University
“The School” by Donald Barthelme
Kelly Link
Aimee Bender
Alice Munro
Hannah Tinti
Annie Hartnett
HAYDEN’S FERRY REVIEW
ECOTONE
LOOKOUT BOOKS
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY
THE NEW YORKER
ONE STORY
Beth Staples
Emily Smith
Erin Kottke
BINOCULAR VISION by Edith Pearlman
PEN: Robert Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction
Young Lions Fiction Award
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Lookout Books
Emily and James discuss:
The Sewanee Writers’ Conference
Michelle Brower
ECOTONE
National Endowment for the Arts
Association of Writing Programs
David Gessner
Jeff Sharlet
The Publishing Laboratory
Stanley Colbert
THE BOTTLE CHAPEL AT AIRLIE GARDENS: A TRIBUTE TO MINNIE EVANS
BACKYARD CAROLINA by Andy Wood
THE HATTARASMAN by Ben Dixon MacNeill
BINOCULAR VISION by Edith Pearlman
GOD BLESS AMERICA by Steve Almond
Beth Staples
Anna Lena Phillips Bell
Melissa Crowe
BELOIT POETRY JOURNAL
HONEY FROM THE LION by Matthew Neill Null
South Arts
“Granna” by Clare Beams
“We Show What We Have Learned” by Clare Beams
Ben George
WHEN ALL THE WORLD IS OLD: POEMS by John Rybicki
RIVER BEND CHRONICLE by Ben Miller
MADRAS PRESS
Sumanth Prabhaker
Corinne Manning
THE JAMES FRANCO REVIEW
PLOUGHSHARES
REDIVIDER
ONE STORY
INSURRECTIONS by Rion Amilcar Scott