Michael talks with Chris Gonzalez about early reading and writing experiences, his story collection I'M NOT HUNGRY BUT I COULD EAT, narrators and characters in the same world, determining POV, ordering a collection, changing forms, therapy as a useful part of the writing process, and more.
Michael talks with Chris Gonzalez about early reading and writing experiences, his story collection I'M NOT HUNGRY BUT I COULD EAT, narrators and characters in the same world, determining POV, ordering a collection, changing forms, therapy as a useful part of the writing process, and more.
Chris Gonzalez is a queer Puerto Rican writer living in New York. He is the author of the short story collection I’m Not Hungry but I Could Eat (SFWP, 2021). His writing appears in the Nation, Catapult, the Millions, Little Fiction, the Forge, Lunch Ticket, Cosmonauts Avenue, and elsewhere. He currently serves as fiction editor at Barrelhouse.
Podcast theme: DJ Garlik & Bertholet's "Special Sause" used with permission from Bertholet.