On Writing as a Parent/Parenting as a Writer
by Liz Garcia · October 10, 2025In 2022, I hit a milestone: all three of my children were old enough to be at school all day. For me, this meant a freedom [...]
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“The Joy of Flash,” An Interview with Josh Russell
by Alicia Raines · October 09, 2025Josh Russell’s most recent book is King of the Animals: Stories (LSU Press). At Georgia State, he is Distinguished University Professor and Director of the Creative Writing [...]
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Meeting the Sealey Challenge
by Liz Garcia · September 24, 2025If you’re a writer, you have at some point received the advice to read, read, read. William Faulkner’s statement, in a 1956 Paris Review interview, to [...]
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“To Be Awake and Responsible for One’s Actions” a co-interview between JoAnne McFarland and Elaine Sexton
by 5 PTS · July 29, 2025Five Points has published the work of both McFarland and Sexton, and editor Megan Sexton (no relation to Elaine), seeing a common thread, invited the two [...]
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“Help Eleanor Come Home”: The Queer Horror of The Haunting of Hill House
by Eve Clark · June 11, 2025I seem to have developed a reputation. I get asked to read at events with titles like “Bloodlines and Bodies.” I’m the first person people ask [...]
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The James Dickey Prize for Poetry
by Olivia Ivings · May 28, 2025We are pleased to announce that Sean Sutherland has been awarded the Five Points 2025–2026 James Dickey Prize for Poetry. His work will be published in Vol. 24, no. [...]
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