![]() ![]() Gebremedhin: One of the predominant themes of “Edge of the World” is alienation: The narrator’s father feels alienated at work, while the narrator’s mother feels alienated in her marriage (we learn that the closest thing she has to friends are the cashiers at the local Goodwill). 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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