by Variant Lit Team | Sep 28, 2025 | Interview, Variety Pack
James R. Gapinski is the author of the novella Edge of the Known Bus Line, as well as the forthcoming short story collection, The Museum of Future Mistakes, which won the 2024 BOA Short Fiction Prize. They are the managing editor of Conium Press, a boutique literary...
by Variant Lit Team | May 28, 2025 | Interview, Variety Pack
Steven Espada Dawson is from East Los Angeles and lives in Madison, Wisconsin, where he serves as poet laureate. His poems “Waiter Park” and “Caldera” appeared in the Rehoming Remarkable Work issue of Variant Lit in Winter 2022. Steven’s debut poetry collection, Late...
by Variant Lit Team | Mar 24, 2025 | Interview, Variety Pack
Rosalind Goldsmith’s short story “Inside the House Inside” appeared in issue 8 of Variant Lit in Fall 2021. Rosalind’s debut fiction collection Inside the House Inside will be published by Ronsdale Press in April 2025 and available in the U.S. in May. It is currently...
by Variant Lit Team | Aug 18, 2024 | Interview, Variety Pack
Joshua Adams, author of Past Lives (Jackleg Press), recently sat down with d.S. randoL, a poetry reader for Variant Lit, to discuss his debut collection. As a past contributor to Variant Lit—with his poem “Views” included in Past Lives—Adams explores the philosophical...
by Variant Lit Team | Jun 18, 2024 | Interview, Variety Pack
Lindsey Schaffer’s poem “Untitled” appeared in the very first issue of Variant Lit back in 2019. In the time since, she published a chapbook, City of Contradiction, (Selcouth Station 2022) , became a Poetry Editor of Variant, and wrote a second chapbook, Witch...
