Here at december we love to celebrate and highlight our contributors. We are proud of the work they do inside and outside of our pages and are grateful for their contribution to our legacy. We wish we could interview each and every one of our contributors, and hopefully someday we will, but for now here is a small sample of one of the most important parts of our magazine, our writers.

Thu, Jul 28, 2022
haiku society: an interview with Ben Gaa
Ben Gaa, a haiku poet, rings a pair of handbells at readings between each of his poems. Besides helping listeners catch their mental breaths, the chiming reinforces the spell that Gaa casts with his words:

Sat, Dec 19, 2020
an interview with marvin bell and three poems
A Note From The Editor:
Our advisory editor Marvin Bell passed away on Dec. 14 at his home in Iowa […]

Thu, Dec 20, 2018
an interview with jesse lee kercheval
By Robert Lowes
“I have so many projects going on right now that if I say them all, I’ll […]

Wed, May 17, 2017
an interview with leigh camacho rourks
Leigh Camacho Rourks lives in South Louisiana and on her best days can be found lazing in the sun. She is […]

Tue, Aug 16, 2016
albert goldbarth… on topic
We were fortunate to spend a whole afternoon and evening with poet/essayist Albert Goldbarth […]

Thu, May 5, 2016
an interview with wilfredo pascual
Wilfredo Pascual’s essay You Have Me won the 2015 Curt Johnson Prose Award in Creative Nonfiction. Born and raised in the Philippines,

Fri, Jan 22, 2016
an interview with grace cavalieri
advisory editor Grace Cavalieri is the author of 18 poetry collections, 26 produced plays, and the texts of two operas, and is the co-author of The Italian Poet’s Cookbook. Read more about her here.

Mon, Oct 19, 2015
an interview with ricardo pau-llosa
Ricardo Pau-Llosa was born in Havana in 1954. When he was six, his family moved to Chicago, then lived in Tampa before settling in Miami when he was a teenager. He has published seven collections of poetry, the last five with Carnegie Mellon U. Press. His third book, Cuba, was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.