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“"Just Lucky": An Interview with Gore Vidal”
November 6th, 2012

“A Radical Move by a Conservative Pope”
February 18th, 2013
“A Reader's Guide to Peter Mountford: An Interview”
June 1st, 2011
“A Short Ride: Remembering Barry Hannah”
March 19th, 2013
“An Interview with Ken Bruen: The Jack Taylor Series”
November 24th, 2012
“Andy Zax talks to Simon Reynolds, Part II”
April 7th, 2012

“Antielitism Left and Right: An Interview with Catherine Liu”
January 8th, 2012
“Art Spiegelman and Van Dyke Parks”
March 31st, 2012
“Assume The Position: An Interview with Edmund White”
February 20th, 2012
“At the Edge of the Screen: Greil Marcus Interviews David Thomson”
November 14th, 2012

“Ball of Fire: An Interview with Jimmy McDonough”
June 24th, 2011

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