An Interview with Oscar Hokeah Tacey M. Atsitty Oscar Hokeah is a citizen of Cherokee Nation and the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma from his mother's side and has Mexican heritage through his father. He holds an MA in English with a concentration in Native American Literature from the University of Oklahoma, as well as a BFA in Creative Writing from the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA), with a minor in Indigenous liberal studies. He is a recipient of the Truman Capote Schola

"About the Work" with Jane Zwart In our "About the Work" series, Natalie Tombasco asks recent contributors for insight into their writing or for current sources of inspiration. Read Jane Zwart's poem, "Pink Noise Machine," in SER Vol. 40.1. My dad painted houses for a living, and when I was young, he spent many evenings doing his own bookkeeping at his massive desk in a room with plaid wallpaper. That was thirty-some years ago. Twenty-some years ago, sitting at the edge of La

"About the Work" with Wilhelm Sitz In our "About the Work" series, Natalie Tombasco asks recent contributors for insight into their writing or for current sources of inspiration. Read Wilhelm Sitz's story, "Sans Souci," in SER Vol. 40.1. "Sans Souci" is what I’m calling a bathhouse fable. I was originally inspired by a Rufus Wainwright song, "Sansoucci," that I stole the title from. Most stories I write are an excuse to wallow in my own sadness. For this one, I wanted to yell

An Interview with Elizabeth Haidle Haley Laningham What Is It?, 2021 See more of Elizabeth Haidle’s artwork in Vol. 40.1 . Elizabeth Haidle lives in Portland, Oregon, and specializes in nonfiction comics. She is the art and editorial director at Illustoria magazine. Her illustrations have appeared in graphic novels, picture books, and magazines such as The Nib and The New Yorker. Of her own work, Haidle says: "As a devotee of surrealism and practitioner of sketchbook-therapy,