INTERVIEWS
The Interviews
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The Interview: Yael van der Wouden
Longlisted for Booker Prize 2024
Rachna Singh, Editor, The Wise Owl talks to Yael van der Wouden, a writer and teacher. She currently lectures in creative writing and comparative literature in Netherlands. Her essay on Dutch identity and Jewishness, ‘On (Not) Reading Anne Frank’, received a notable mention in The Best American Essays 2018. Her writing has appeared in LitHub, Electric Literature, The Offing and Elle.com, amongst others. The Safekeep, her debut novel, has been long listed for the Booker Prize 2024.
The Interview: Stephen Mead
An Albany based Artist
Rachna Singh, Editor, The Wise Owl, in conversation with Stephen Mead, who retired as a civil servant, having worked two decades for three state agencies. Before that his more personally fulfilling career was in healthcare. Throughout all this he was able to find time for writing and art. He is currently resident artist/curator for The Chroma Museum, artistic renderings of LGBTQI historical figures, organizations and allies predominantly before Stonewall. Currently he lives in Albany.
