Allison Backous is the creative writing editor for The Other Journal. She holds an MFA in creative nonfiction from Seattle Pacific University and teaches at Kuyper College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Allison Backous interviews the poet Christian Wiman about his work, his attention to lament and evil, and his perspective concerning the role of spirituality in contemporary American poetry.
Ron Hansen’s fiction is tight and rich. Each of Hansen’s writings carries a certain arc: …
In this interview, nurse and aid worker Brooke James recounts her experiences in Port-au-Prince during the earthquake and reflects on life in Haiti now, five months after the catastrophe.
