![]() And I especially love flash fiction that stretches out upon rereading…things that sneak up on me…little things I notice later. I’m so in love with small moments of intimacy and all that’s left unsaid. Leesa Cross-Smith: I love writing and reading little stories, quick moments…big feelings shrunk down to bite-size snippets. Kristin Tenor: In a craft essay you contributed to SmokeLong Quarterly in 2016 you wrote, “Flash fiction is where I get my quick and dirty.” What in particular do you find most attractive about writing and reading flash fiction? ![]() ![]() She and CRAFT flash fiction section editor, Kristin Tenor, had a chance to correspond with one another via email. In addition, she and her husband, Loran, cofounded the journal Whiskey Paper.ĬRAFT is so pleased Leesa accepted our invitation to guest judge our 2020 Flash Fiction Contest. Her flash fiction has appeared in literary journals such as SmokeLong Quarterly, Split Lip, Hobart, and Atticus Review. Leesa Cross-Smith’s other publications include the short fiction collection, Every Kiss A War (Mojave River Media, 2014), as well as two novels, Whiskey & Ribbons (Hub City Press, 2018) and the forthcoming This Close to Okay (Grand Central Publishing, 2021). It’s also refreshing to see a writer crafting stories that are so unapologetically for women, about women, a love letter to who we are, the best and worst of us, held high and true, so we can glow as brightly as we dare. There is such authenticity to these stories and nostalgia that is tempered with just enough of a clear-eyed understanding of the world as it is, not just how we hoped it might be. These are stories about breathless love, lustful abandon, all that glitters, hot summers, cool pavement, sticky skin, beautifully beating hearts. Leesa Cross-Smith is such a beguiling writer and her skills are on full display in So We Can Glow. New York Times–bestselling author Roxane Gay praises Cross-Smith as a “consummate storyteller” and offers this in a recent review: The collection explores the intersection between the domestic and desire as experienced through the feminine lens. In March 2020, Grand Central Publishing published Cross-Smith’s short fiction collection, So We Can Glow. Writer, wife, mother of two, unabashed Christian, she often credits her family and faith as guiding compasses in her life, and it shows in the compassion she extends toward her characters and readers alike. All these words have been used to describe Leesa Cross-Smith’s work, yet the same very well could be said about the author herself. Elements Contest 2018: Character | Dialogue Setting.
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