"I would say that writing gives me the greatest pleasure of anything in life, that writing is what is fulfilling for me; there is nothing else in life like it when it is happening, and that when it is happening it is just a matter of stepping aside."
—William Gay
"I’ve always kept one foot out of the academy. This has always been a conscious act on my part. Physically, spiritually, mentally, emotionally. I refuse to let the academy have me in any kind of whole way."
—Nikky Finney
Special Issue: Works from South Africa guest edited by Kobus Moolmin & Renee Schatteman.
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"Everybody has a role to play; whatever you like is connected to something you’re not paying attention to yet. That’s the fun and unending satisfaction of figuring it out as you go."
—Joshua Weiner
