All Interviews

• What Really Happened at Stalingrad?

  Historian Jochen Hellbeck talks about the way nations remember the battle for Stalingrad, and what this says about nationalism and collective memory.

  Adrian BonenbergerJun 6, 2015

  • History

• The Legal Legacy of Citizen Four

  Don FranzenJun 5, 2015

  • Law

• Without a Whit of Caution

  The debut essay collection by Kate Carroll de Gutes considers the difficulties of long-term commitment, describing flailing and failing marriages.

  Claire LuchetteJun 1, 2015

  • Memoir & Essay

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  Creativity and Recovery

  Krista Lukas interviews Jill Kelly.

  Krista LukasMay 29, 2015

  • Fiction

• “Poetics and the Political World”: Obrad Savić interviews Stathis Gourgouris, Part II

  Obrad Savić interviews Stathis Gourgouris, author of “Does Literature Think?”

  Obrad SavićMay 27, 2015

  • Philosophy & Religion

• Dream Nation and the Phantasm of Europe, Part I

  Obrad Savić interviews Stathis Gourgouris, author of “Does Literature Think?”

  Obrad SavićMay 26, 2015

  • Philosophy & Religion

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  Horror Stories Are Love Stories

  “Shock” seems like the right word for that place where we aren’t quite sure what emotion we’re experiencing: intensity in the moment that swamps meaning.

  Helen OyeyemiMay 26, 2015

  • Fiction

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  Ten Commandments of Writing

  Nancy Spiller and Karen E. Bender discuss being an outsider, the role of literary fiction for modern readers, and the 10 commandments of writing.

  Nancy SpillerMay 21, 2015

  • Fiction

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  The Long Haul of Love

  If we're writing about love, we should write about how you keep love alive and healthy and strong over all the different changes and pressures …

  Jane GaydukMay 17, 2015

  • Fiction

• The Hurt Business

  Brin-Jonathan Butler talks about Mike Tyson, Hemingway, the hurt business, and Cuba's next revolution.

  David BreithauptMay 15, 2015

  • Nonfiction

  • Sports

• Rules and Rituals, Time Capsules and Tap Handles

  Heidi Julavits talks with Chantal McStay about keeping a diary and "The Folded Clock."

  Chantal McStayMay 14, 2015

  • Memoir & Essay

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  Writing for Kids and the End Game for the Bernie Gunther Series

  Philip Kerr, creator of the Bernie Gunther series, talks about, JFK, Matthew McConaughey, and why he almost tore up his passport.

  Robert BirnbaumMay 10, 2015

  • Noir

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  The Burden and the Beauty of Loneliness: An Interview with Leslie Parry

  Leslie Parry on her debut novel: "How do you take what makes you different … and turn it into the strongest, most necessary part of you?"

  Zach MannMay 9, 2015

  • Fiction

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  PODCAST #78: Sam Quinones

  Colin MarshallMay 8, 2015
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  Don’t Call “The Sellout” a Ghetto Pastoral

  Paul Beatty, incisive chronicler and prodigal son of LA, talks about his new novel, 'The Sellout.'

  Evelyn McDonnellMay 7, 2015

  • Fiction

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  Creatures of Ambiguity

  Translator Jeffery Zuckerman interviews internationally acclaimed Mauritian writer Ananda Devi about her novel "Eve Out of Her Ruins"; the first section to appear in English was recently published on LARB channel The Offing.

  Jeffrey ZuckermanMay 5, 2015

  • Fiction