Erick Brucker’s short story, “Dank,” appeared in Backchannels Issue No. 2. 1. Your piece, “Dank,”has an unusual format. It felt like I was climbing the staircase of the story as I read. What role does form play in the piece for you? I think that what’s unusual about it is that the title comes in […]
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Tell us a bit about your childhood/young adulthood. I was born in Robbinsdale, Minnesota just outside of Minneapolis and lived in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota until I was six. My family relocated to my dad’s hometown of Dubuque, Iowa. My mom was from Cedar Rapids, Iowa and so we spent many weekends on B Avenue in
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Sandy Coomer’s art was featured in Issue 2 of Backchannels, is the cover for upcoming Issue 4, and can also be found in Issue 5 this summer. How did you become interested in art? I am a very visual and detail-oriented person. I notice things – texture, line, movement, perspective, color. I notice differences between
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Early Life Eric Baysinger grew up in Des Moines, Iowa. He went to school at Iowa State and the University of Iowa, studying German, teaching, and Russian. He has taught for over 25 years in Iowa and Pennsylvania. His first teaching experience was with K-6 grade students in an enrichment program. He reflected on this work
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