M Categories Interview Research My Middle Name was Wimberley: An Annotated Interview with Nicholas Casey Brandon Arvesen and NYT Editor Nicholas Casey discuss the essay, “Finding my Father” and the process of fact-decking family stories.
O Categories In Conversation Interview On Race, Secrets, & Love: An interview with E. Dolores Johnson Author Sonya Lea and debut memoirist E. Dolores Johnson discuss 'Say I'm Dead,' a family memoir of race, secrets, and love.
M Categories In Conversation Interview Memoir, Essay, and the Crucible of Meaning: An Interview with Joanna Eleftheriou Bruce I. Friedland and essayist Joanna Eleftheriou discuss trauma, identity, and place in the writing of 'This Way Back.'
F Categories In Conversation Interview Finding Solace Among the Birds: A Conversation with Joshua McKerrow About Making Art from Grief Megan Reilley and Photojournalist Joshua McKerrow discuss "Today's Birds," and the act of creating through grief.
A Categories Interview An Interview with Alison Powell, Proximity’s 2018 Essay Prize winner I was given the opportunity to interview poet, essayist, and scholar Alison Powell in the middle of the most extreme winter of our generation. A..
A Categories Interview An Interview with Carrie La Seur following “A Working Class Death” I read “A Working Class Death” for the first time in a coffee shop. I took deep measured breaths to prevent myself from crying in..
T Categories Craft Editorial Notes Essay Interview True’s Top Reads of 2018 As we step into the new year, we’d like to not only alert you to Proximity‘s next issue, themed The Body, due out in January—within..
A Categories Interview A Conversation with Danielle Geller One night a few years ago, I was tidying up my kitchen in Seattle when a text from a New York City zip code lit..
A Categories Interview A Conversation with Sarah Smarsh Back in 2002, long before journalists and analysts were obsessed with figuring out the American working class as some sort of Holy Grail to Trump’s..
A Categories Interview A Conversation with Parneshia Jones When I was asked to interview poet Parneshia Jones, I was intrigued. I had come across her book, Vessel, in the library of my graduate..
