genre: Interviews & Essays

Interview with Michael Steinberg

By Amy Yelin

So happy to be interviewing you, Michael! Thank you for your commitment to Solstice: A Magazine of Diverse Voices and supporting our annual nonfiction prize. What is it about Solstice that keeps you connected to the magazine all these years? The fact that the magazine has grown into one of the best literary journals out… Read more »

Mountain Gorilla Protection and the Batwa Pygmies of Buhoma, Uganda

By Tony Schwartz

My intention is to describe an example of how the powerful abuse the powerless, intentionally, or by lack of consideration of the potential consequences of what they do; a story repeated all over the world. In 2006, a year after retiring as a veterinarian, my wife Claudia and I traveled to Africa for the… Read more »

Interview with Grace Desmarais

By Andrai Whitted

I’d like to start off by talking about your contribution in this issue of Solstice Lit Mag, your piece titled Tubes, about a recent hospital visit. What can you tell our readers about your experience and how it inspired this poetic piece of graphic lit? My piece Tubes was drawn while I was recovering after… Read more »