PSYCHOANALYSIS DISPATCH #1

In this first dispatch we share with you one poem, three interviews and a piece of fiction. Our poetry editor Phoenix Yemi shares her poem Liberty My Only Pirate Water: A Sestina. Caitlin McLoughlin speaks to writer Maggie Nelson about her new collection of essays and conversations, Clem MacLeod chats with Lauren Elkin about her novel Scaffolding and P. Eldridge interviews Heather McCalden on her debut The Observable Universe. Finally, Lynne Tillman shares with us an extract from her new book American Genius: A Comedy, forthcoming in the UK with Peninsula Press. We’re kicking off The Psychoanalysis Season with a foray into the complexities and misinterpretations of shame, metaphor and the importance of the language we use for the stories we tell ourselves.