Josh 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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William Faulkner’s stated in a 1956 Paris Review interview to “Read everything – trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it.” Though I [...]
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Five 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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I 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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We 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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I was a sad nineteen-year-old taking my first poetry workshop when I first read Federico Garcia Lorca’s “Theory and Play of the Duende.” In this piece, [...]
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