A CRAFT CHAT WITH KIM MAGOWAN by Andrea Caswell
Andrea Caswell A CRAFT CHAT WITH KIM MAGOWAN In her story “The Back Nine” (Issue 45), Kim Magowan shows us a character with a growing list of personal losses, trying to come to terms with the lost connections that still haunt her. “You rejected people, and then they died, and your feelings of longing or bitterness had nowhere to fasten onto. Regret undulated like some aquatic plant.” Kim Magowan, “THE back nine” from Cleaver Issue 45 Andrea: Where did this story begin for you? With the main character of Marianne, or a general situation, or the story’s thematic preoccupations? Thanks for sharing your early ideas as you crafted the narrative. Kim: This story has a basis in fact. Several high school classmates of mine have died in the past decade, and “Sad News” is, indeed, the subject heading of these emails that go round announcing their deaths. Another classmate of … chop! chop! read more!