All Interviews

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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

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  Erik Davis: Techno-Occultural Nomad

  An interview with 'TechGnosis' author Erik Davis about the technocultural present, the analog/digital divide, and the psychedelic renaissance.

  Sean MatharooMay 2, 2015

  • Nonfiction

  • Science & Technology

• We Lie About Love

  Lary Wallace Interviews Clancy Martin on his new book, "Love and Lies: An Essay on Truthfulness, Deceit, and the Growth and Care of Erotic Love "

  Lary WallaceMay 2, 2015

  • Philosophy & Religion

• What I Was Flying Toward: An Interview with Helen Macdonald

  I realized that the story wasn’t just about a miserable woman and a bird, it was about life and death.

  Christine Fischer GuyApr 29, 2015

  • Memoir & Essay

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  Riding the Blinds

  Writing is about doggedly following one’s interests without fixating on their outcome.

  Micah McCraryApr 26, 2015

  • Nonfiction

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  Chasing the White Whale of Big Science

  An Interview with Jeremy N. Smith

  Aaron ShulmanApr 23, 2015

  • Science & Technology

• A Conversation with Attica Locke on Los Angeles, Her New Novel, and Writing Crime Fiction as a Mom

  Los Angeles crime writers Rachel Howzell Hall and Attica Locke discuss their new novels.

  Rachel Howzell HallApr 20, 2015

  • Noir