Christal Ann Rice Cooper

#046 Backstory of the Poem “Poem In the Throat” from the poetry collection INNERMOST SEA, by Nancy Dafoe and published by Finishing Line Press on November 30, 2018

#046 Backstory of the Poem “Poem In the Throat” from the poetry collection INNERMOST SEA, by Nancy Dafoe and published by Finishing Line Press on November 30, 2018

https://finishinglinepress.com/product/innermost-sea-by-nancy-dafoe/ Can you go through the step-by-step process of writing this poem from the moment the idea was first conceived in your brain until final form?   I had not written a poem in a while and felt stopped. After reading the poems, I thought about all the people in the…
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#447 Backstory of the Poem “Lamp of Color” by Patricia Gomes and published in the anthology HIGH TIDE STILL HEART. HTSH edited by Tirza Valeria Garcia Olivares and Lucy Ross.  The final edit is by Blue Crystal Literary Magazine editor Richard Phillipos. It is published by Blue Crystal Literary Magazine on May 8, 2026.

#447 Backstory of the Poem “Lamp of Color” by Patricia Gomes and published in the anthology HIGH TIDE STILL HEART. HTSH edited by Tirza Valeria Garcia Olivares and Lucy Ross. The final edit is by Blue Crystal Literary Magazine editor Richard Phillipos. It is published by Blue Crystal Literary Magazine on May 8, 2026.

#447 Backstory of the Poem “Lamp of Color” by Patricia Gomes and published in the anthology HIGH TIDE STILL HEART. HTSH edited by Tirza Valeria Garcia Olivares and Lucy Ross.  The final edit is by Blue Crystal Literary Magazine editor Richard Phillipos. It is published by Blue Crystal Literary Magazine…
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#391 Inside the Emotion of Fiction SHADOWS OF THE SEEN by Timothy Gager, published by Pierian Springs Press on May 15, 2025

#391 Inside the Emotion of Fiction SHADOWS OF THE SEEN by Timothy Gager, published by Pierian Springs Press on May 15, 2025

https://pierianspringspress.com/timothy-gager/ https://www.facebook.com/PierianSpringsPress What is the date you began writing this piece of fiction and the date when you finished the piece of fiction? I started on the book in 2023 (BELOW LEFT), and first draft was finished in 3 months. The final version of the manuscript was completed in 2025…
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#446 Backstory of the Poem “My Mother’s Name” from the poetry collection TRACKS IN SNOW by Thaddeus Rutkowski and published by FINISHING LINE PRESS on June 12, 2026.

#446 Backstory of the Poem “My Mother’s Name” from the poetry collection TRACKS IN SNOW by Thaddeus Rutkowski and published by FINISHING LINE PRESS on June 12, 2026.

  https://finishinglinepress.com/product/tracks-in-snow-by-thaddeus-rutkowski/ This poem originally appeared in Rigorous magazine https://www.rigorous-mag.com/v6i2/thaddeus-rutkowski.html Can you go through the step-by-step process of writing this poem from the moment the idea was first conceived in your brain until final form? I got the idea when I asked my mother to write her maiden name, Wang.…
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#445 Backstory of the Poem “Noto” by Susana H. Case, published in both Italian and English in International Poetry Review in April of 2025.

#445 Backstory of the Poem “Noto” by Susana H. Case, published in both Italian and English in International Poetry Review in April of 2025.

  https://llc.uncg.edu/international-poetry-review/ ABOVE LEFT: Susana H. Case in Noto. Can you go through the step-by-step process of writing this poem from the moment the idea was first conceived in your brain until final form? The architecture of Noto and its terrible history got me thinking about past and present, how…
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#390 Inside the Emotion of Fiction, the short story “Pursuing the Fix” from the short story collection ALWAYS ONE MISTAKE by Ace Boggess, published by Duende Literary and Running Wild Press on March 17, 2026

#390 Inside the Emotion of Fiction, the short story “Pursuing the Fix” from the short story collection ALWAYS ONE MISTAKE by Ace Boggess, published by Duende Literary and Running Wild Press on March 17, 2026

https://www.duendeliterary.org/ace-boggess   https://runningwildpublishing.com/ What is the date you began writing this piece of fiction and the date when you finished the piece of fiction? I wrote this story in 2012, my last year in prison.   Where did you do most of your writing for this fiction work?  And please…
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

CHRISTAL ANN RICE COOPER aka Car Cooper is a newspaper writer, feature stories writer, poet, fiction writer, photographer, and painter. learn more

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