"I'm a Listener." A Chat with Emily Messall, Fiction Editor of Barren Magazine

Fiction Editor takes us behind the scenes of a magazine for gritty stories and difficult truths

Hello and Happy Monday, friends. I come with news of another editor interview, just wrapped up.

Today I had the pleasure of chatting with Emily Messall, Fiction Editor of Barren Magazine. This “is a literary publication that features fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, photography, and mixed media for hard truths, long stares, and gritty lenses.”

It is …