In a story, theme is the why and topic is the what. Learn how to determine the difference.

Anne Barngrover’s poetry collection, Everwhen, is out now from the University of Akron Press. She sat down to answer questions on time, hope and grief, and poetry style.

There are no strict rules for writing character conversations, but here are some tricks to writing great dialogue.

Zephaniah Sole’s novel, A Crime in the Land of 7,000 Islands, is out from Black Spring Press. He sat down to answer questions on his book, exploitation, and generational trauma.