Interviewed by Ari Blatt, August 2026. When Tethered Literary first read Cassund Olivier’s work for our second issue, our editors were struck by the risks “General Biology for Girls” took in exploring the narrators’ experience with a relapse in disordered eating, and the way its experiments with form unearthed the roots of the condition in familial sexual abuse and homophobia, “...you can still hear great-grandmother, babies crying in the background, as she tells herself and

Our editors had the pleasure of reading seven of Amy’s poems for the journal, and were struck not only by their carefully-honed and evocative language, but also their movement between the personal and historical, and experimentation in form that we found striking and exciting. I was delighted to be able to interview Amy over email to discuss craft, influences, and more. Elizabeth: The poet Ellen Bass said, “Most days I don’t catch a poem,” and described much of the writing p

This month’s cover art prompted much conversation among the editors of Tethered Literary and when art incites that much discussion we believe it deserves a closer look, which is why we reached out to Cullen Breaux for further inquiry into his process. We also figured getting a portrait of this artist as a young man was in order, so we asked some questions. Imke: Are you still in art school? Graduated? Cullen: I’ll be graduating from Louisiana Tech University on August 23rd,

I had the wonderful honor of speaking with Janeth Jackson (the “h” is silent) to discuss her collection entitled “Silent Conversations.” She hails from the Southern part of the United States on the Gulf Coast. It has always been uplifting to speak with other writers about their journey and relationship with crafting stories in any form. All forms of art have a story. After reading this amazing collection, I had to know the story behind the story of bringing these intimate po