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PODCAST #29: Nathaniel Rich, "Odds Against Tomorrow"[VIDEO] LA Times Festival of Books: Ask the Authors[VIDEO] Rachel Kushner, "The Flamethrowers"Eternal Sleep: The Uyghur Shrines of the Taklamakan DesertJames Franco on His Adaptation of Faulkner’s "As I Lay Dying"PODCAST #28: Anna Stothard, "The Pink Hotel"Married Love: A Conversation with Tessa HadleyJust This Side of Tragic: An Interview with Benjamin Alire Sáenz[VIDEO] Marisa Silver on her latest, "Mary Coin"PODCAST #27: Colin DickeyFifty Years of Filmmaking: An Interview with William Friedkin[VIDEO] Aleksandar Hemon on his latest "The Book of My Lives"The Innermost Law of the Form: An Interview with David Shields see all interviews »
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Robert Birnbaum interviews David Shields

“The Innermost Law of the Form: An Interview with David Shields”

April 25th, 2013
Evan Allgood interviews Sam Lipsyte

“It May Not Be Okay, But This Thing Exists: An Interview with Sam Lipsyte”

April 7th, 2013
John Cline interviews Michael Taussig

“I Swear I Read This: John Cline Interviews Michael Taussig”

January 3rd, 2013
MaryAnne Kolton interviews Ken Bruen

“An Interview with Ken Bruen: The Jack Taylor Series”

November 24th, 2012
David Masciotra interviews James Lee Burke

“Into the Noir Mystic: A Conversation about Injustice, Evil, and Redemption with James Lee Burke”

September 9th, 2012
Jonathan Kirsch interviews Irvin Yalom

“Irvin Yalom, interviewed by Jonathan Kirsch”

June 24th, 2012
MaryAnne Kolton interviews Kathryn Harrison

“I Want to Destroy Your Equilibrium”

June 11th, 2012
Jonathan Penner interviews David Cronenberg

“It's Dangerous to Be An Artist: An Interview with David Cronenberg”

January 28th, 2012
Lee Konstantinou interviews Helen DeWitt

“It's Good To Be Pragmatic: An Interview with Helen DeWitt”

November 21st, 2011

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