![]() ![]() But when writing fiction, I try to make sure it doesn’t lean on what I’ve done in poetry. Souvankham Thammavongsa: Both poetry and fiction require discipline and rigor and attention. How does your sensibility as a poet inform your short fiction? Thomas Gebremedhin: You started your writing career as a poet, publishing your first book of poetry in 2003. ![]() Their conversation has been lightly edited for clarity. To mark the story’s publication in The Atlantic, Thammavongsa and Thomas Gebremedhin, an editor at the magazine, discussed the story over email. “ Edge of the World,” a new story by Souvankham Thammavongsa, will appear in her debut story collection, How to Pronounce Knife (available on April 21). ![]()
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