All Interviews

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  The Opposite of the World

  Petala Ironcloud interviews Billy-Ray Belcourt about his new poetry collection.

  Petala Ironcloud Dec 15

  • Poetry

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  A New Name for an Old Phenomenon

  Michele Willens speaks with Danny Goldberg about his new book on the police beating of Rodney King and its aftermath.

  Michele WillensDec 14

  • Law

  • History

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  They’re Not Simply Phantoms

  Leland Cheuk talks absolutism and Norse gods with novelist Kurt Baumeister.

  Leland CheukDec 12

  • Fiction

  • SF

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  Feral, Fearless, and Long Overdue

  Alma Katsu and Sadie Hartmann discuss women who write horror fiction.

  Alma Katsu, Sadie HartmannDec 10

  • SF

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  American Action, Then and Now

  Tess Pollok interviews Lauren O’Neill-Butler about her new essay collection, “The War of Art: A History of Artists’ Protest in America.”

  Tess PollokDec 8

  • Art & Architecture

  • History

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  Your Life Is Not a Plot

  Nada Alic speaks with Halle Butler about social satire, writing humor, and her newest novel, “Banal Nightmare.”

  Nada AlicDec 6

  • Fiction

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  King Lear Goes to China

  Jeffrey Wasserstrom speaks with Xue Yiwei and Nan Z. Da about Shakespeare’s legacy in China.

  Jeffrey WasserstromDec 5

  • History

  • Cultural Studies

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  Blambustercated

  Sanjena Sathian speaks with Dan Chaon about his new novel, “One of Us.”

  Sanjena SathianDec 4

  • Fiction

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  What Fresh Heaven

  Sebastian Langdell interviews Mary Jo Bang about her recent translation of Dante’s “Paradiso.”

  Sebastian LangdellDec 3

  • Poetry

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  Is There Anything “Artificial” About Artificial Intelligence?

  Julien Crockett speaks with Blaise Agüera y Arcas about the various ways that LLMs keep surprising scientists and how our definition of intelligence should be more complex than people generally think.

  Julien CrockettDec 1

  • Science & Technology

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  Red Still Runs Through You

  David Hering interviews Stephanie LaCava about her new novel, “Nymph.”

  David HeringNov 28

  • Fiction

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  Miracles, Magic Thinking, and the Climate Crisis

  Tess Pollok interviews Jon Raymond about his new novel, “God and Sex.”​​

  Tess PollokNov 26

  • Fiction

  • Environment

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  Phases of the Quotidian

  C. Francis Fisher interviews Shangyang Fang about his new book “Study of Sorrow: Translations.”

  C. Francis FisherNov 24

  • Poetry

  • Cultural Studies

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  I Refuse to Let You Have My Joy

  Iris Kim talks to Jaquira Díaz about her new novel, “This Is the Only Kingdom.”

  Iris KimNov 23

  • Fiction

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  What If This Somehow Came Together?

  Cameron Engwall speaks with August Thompson about his debut novel, “Anyone’s Ghost.”

  Cameron EngwallNov 19

  • Fiction

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  Under the Surface

  Adam Straus speaks with Yannick Murphy about her new novel “Things That Are Funny on a Submarine but Not Really.”

  Adam StrausNov 13

  • Fiction