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An Interview with Writer Mike Corrao

We here at Orson's Publishing are beyond thrilled to bring Mike Corrao's Man, Oh Man to you, a novel we've described as, "a humorous yet insightful experiment that'll have you questioning how you've always approached novels." 

Mike Corrao is a young writer and filmmaker working out of Minneapolis, where he earned his B.A. in film and English literature at the University of Minnesota. In 2016 he was an artist-in-residence for the Altered Esthetics Film Festival. His work has appeared in over...

Meet Orson's Review Contributor Noah Milligan

We're honored to feature "Proximate Contact by Noah Milligan in Issue Two of Orson's Review, which will be released on March 19th, 2019. His acclaimed book of short stories, Five Hundred Poor, will be released on June 1st, 2018 by Central Avenue Publishing. 

We're also very fortunate for the time Noah took to sit down and chat with us about his journey as a writer. 

*The following interview involves Orson's Publishing (OP) and Noah Milligan (NM). 

OP: How did your journey with the written word...

Meet Orson's Review Contributor Brandon Marlon

We're honored to feature "Arcticana" by Brandon Marlon in Issue One of Orson's Review. We're also very fortunate for the time Brandon took to sit down and chat with us about his journey as a poet. 

*The following interview involves Orson's Publishing (OP) and Brandon Marlon (BM). 

OP: How did your journey with the written word begin?
BM: At 15, I began writing plays during high school, for drama class, as well as screenplays on my own time outside of school.

OP: Is being a poet your primary occ...

Meet Orson's Review Contributor Brian Burmeister

We're honored to feature Brian Burmeister's "You Remember Hawkeye" in Issue One of Orson's Review. We're also very fortunate for the time Brian took to sit down and chat with us about his journey as a writer. 

*The following interview involves Orson's Publishing (OP) and Brian Burmeister (BB). 

OP: How did your journey with the written word begin? 
BB: I’ve always loved creating stories. As a young child, I would play—often for hours—leading my action figures through absurd adventures of my own...

Meet Orson's Review Contributor Salvatore Difalco

We're honored to feature Salvatore Difalco's "Black Dogs" in Issue One of Orson's Review. We're also very fortunate for the time Salvatore took to sit down and chat with us about his journey as a writer. 

*The following interview involves Orson's Publishing (OP) and Salvatore Difalco (SD).

OP: How did your journey with the written word begin?
SD: My first language is Italian—Sicilian to be more specific. I was born in Canada but grew up in a Sicilian neighbourhood where no one spoke English. So...

Meet Orson's Review Contributor Glen Armstrong

We're honored to feature Glen Armstrong's "The Bedside Book of Threadbare" in Issue One of Orson's Review. We're also very fortunate for the time Glen took to sit down and chat with us about his journey as a poet. 

*The following interview involves Orson's Publishing (OP) and Glen Armstrong (GA). 

OP: How did your journey with the written word begin?
GA: I remember my mom taking time to notate stuff I had planned out in my head before I could caption my own Crayola drawings.

OP: Is being a poet...

Meet Orson's Review Contributor Siegfried Baber

We're honored to feature Siegfried Baber's "Famous Blue Duffel Coat" in Issue One of Orson's Review. We're also very fortunate for the time Siegfried took to sit down and chat with us about his journey as a poet. 

*The following interview involves Orson's Publishing (OP) and Siegfried Baber (SB). 

OP: How did your journey with the written word begin?
SB: I’ve been lucky, I guess. When I was five or six, our teacher would read to the class for twenty minutes every afternoon before the end of sch...

Meet Orson's Review Contributor Shirley Jones-Luke

We're honored to feature poems by Shirley Jones-Luke in Issue One of Orson's Review. We're also very fortunate for the time Shirley took to sit down and chat with us about her journey as a poet. 

*The following interview involves Orson's Publishing (OP) and Shirley Jones-Luke (SJL). 

OP: How did your journey with the written word begin? 
SJL:  I've been writing since childhood. I was an avid reader as a young girl and my interest in books led to an interest in writing my own stories.

OP: Is poet...

Meet Orson's Review Contributor Susannah Jordan

We're honored to feature photography by Susannah Jordan in Issue One of Orson's Review. We're also very fortunate for the time Susannah took to sit down and chat with us about her journey as a photographer. 

*The following interview involves Orson's Publishing (OP) and Susannah Jordan (SJ). 

OP: How did your journey with photography begin?
SJ: I started taking pictures when I was about six years old. This was back in the '80's, so I had a little Kodak camera that required actual film and a flas...

Meet Orson's Review Contributor Brian Michael Barbeito

We're honored to feature photography by Brian Michael Barbeito in Issue One of Orson's Review. We're also very fortunate for the time Brian took to sit down and chat with us about his journey as a photographer. 

*The following interview involves Orson's Publishing (OP) and Brian Michael Barbeito (BMB). 

OP: How did your journey with photography begin?
BMB:  I have always taken pictures and when I was somewhere without a camera I'd buy disposable cameras and use them. Later on, I acquired a five...