Update: Preparing to Launch Our Fall 2013 Issue

Typewriter and bookshelves in sepia

It’s difficult to believe it’s been a year since we started putting together the first issue of Compose. So much has happened since then. We’ve attracted a mountain of submissions and connected with some fantastic new voices, and so many readers have been thoughtful enough to let us know how much they’re enjoying the journal.…

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Compose Q&A with Lauren Ruiz

Lauren Ruiz

Please welcome one of our assistant editors, Lauren Ruiz. Originally from the tropical island of Dominican Republic, Lauren is a New Hampshire-based editor and writer. A member of the American Copy Editors Society and various other groups, she founded her professional editing service, Pure Text, in 2010, where she’s worked with countless established and upcoming contemporary fiction…

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Compose Q&A with Poet Randall Mann

Randall Mann

Randall Mann is the author of two books of poetry, Breakfast with Thom Gunn and Complaint in the Garden. A new collection, Straight Razor, is forthcoming from Persea Books in October, 2013. Compose: Your third book will be coming out shortly. Could you tell us a little about it? Randall Mann: Hmm. Straight Razor delves into…

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The Story Behind “Love Song/Nostrand Avenue”

Today’s post is written by Aliza Einhorn, an emerging poet who graced our inaugural issue with her piece, “Love Song/Nostrand Avenue.” Roots Resistance by Aliza Einhorn Most of this poem is true. Not all of it, but most of it. I do live in Brooklyn. I did live on Nostrand Avenue. An old buddy had…

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Compose Q&A with Christi Craig

Christi Craig

Please welcome Christi Craig—one of our assistant editors. Christi lives and writes in Wisconsin. She facilitates a creative writing class at Harwood Place Retirement Community, leads a roundtable at RedBird-RedOak Writing, and is a regular contributor at Write It Sideways. Her fiction and nonfiction have been published in print and online.  What is your writing…

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The Story Behind “Silver Man” by Eva Langston

Eva Langston

Please welcome today’s guest Eva Langston, here to tell us about the story she wrote for our Spring 2013 issue: Silver Man. The Story Behind the Story “Silver Man” by Eva Langston For many years I lived alone in an attic apartment on the edge of the New Orleans Garden District. Every morning before work I…

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Compose Q&A with Poet Rebecca Hazelton

Poet Rebecca Hazelton

We recently exchanged a series of emails with Rebecca Hazelton—one of the featured poets in our Spring issue—regarding her work, her views on poetry, and much else besides. She is the author of Fair Copy and Vow, and is currently working on a series of ekphrastic poems based on the work of Terri Frame, Julie…

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Compose Q&A with Jennie Nash

Please welcome Jennie Nash, our features editor. Jennie Nash is the author of four novels, including Perfect Red, The Threadbare Heart, The Only True Genius in the Family and The Last Beach Bungalow. She is the author of three memoirs, including The Victoria’s Secret Catalog Never Stops Coming and Other Lessons I Learned From Breast Cancer. Jennie has worked in a wide…

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Compose Q&A with Tiffany Turpin Johnson

Tiffany Johnson

Tiffany Turpin Johnson is a young adult novelist represented by Annie Bomke Literary Agency, Senior Editor of the Blush imprint at Entranced Publishing, and the founder of TJ Writeography, a freelance writing and photography service. She regularly contributes to such sites as Bookalicious and Writer’s Fun Zone, and maintains the all-things-fiction blog Fictiffous. Tiffany holds a Master’s degree and now spends her days writing kidlit and chasing her three small children.…

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