Writing Is Key
Dinah Lenney interviews memoirist Abigail Thomas.
All Interviews
Building van Gogh’s World
Van Gogh was so appreciative of the beauty of the natural world, and he wanted to give back to this beauty by representing it as best he could.
Life Is Easier than We Make It
"The Slap" is about people who are so distracted they have very little sense of how to count their blessings.
Filmgoer Theory: An Interview with Eddie Muller on the Nowness of Noir
An interview with Eddie Muller about Black Pool Productions, film noir, and NOIR CITY Hollywood.
Brown Broads, White TV
“I want to understand: why does abjection signify freedom for white people?"
We Create a Lot of Widows
One of the reasons I say, “Get the story down first,” is because it’s the last thing I’m interested in, so I just lay it down like a base coat of paint.
The Imitation Game
Jacob Rubin: “I just follow my characters around and wait for them to do something interesting.”
“Smashing Fascist Heads”: Jazra Khaleed on Political and Poetic Crisis in Greece
"Aside from being important as an act of memoralization, poetry is a weapon."
“Save Yourself”: An Interview with Kelly Braffet on Her New Novel
"You have to make sure all of your creeps are creepy and all of your surprises are surprising."
At the Borders of Our Tongue
Utopia and Its Discontents
On the Charlie Hebdo murders, the future of Europe, the Ukraine, capitalism, and the West.
Unnerved and a Bit Delirious
“I tried to send my book to agents, but it’s not built for that world.”
Just Not Heterosexual at His Core
Michael Leone Interviews Robert Plunket, Author of "My Search for Warren Harding"
An Interview with Laura van den Berg on her novel “Find Me”
"My favorite endings are the ones where the car skids right up to the edge of the cliff and we’re left peering over and wondering what’s down there."
The Tao of Angelyne: On Temple Grandin, H. G. Wells, and Being “It”
"Some people look at me and think of a Barbie doll, others see me and think of a porn star. You see me as a rebel because that’s how you think."
Nationality Meets Sexuality Meets Reality
Israeli-American author Shelly Oria on how her characters transcend the boundaries of culture, sexuality, and reality.
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