All Interviews

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  Visions of the Ordinary in Willowbrook: An Interview with Rosten Woo

  An interview with designer and artist Rosten Woo about Willowbrook, a neighborhood in southeast Los Angeles.

  Evan KindleyApr 19, 2014
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  [VIDEO] Mona Simpson on Love and Spying in "Casebook"

  Mona Simpson discusses the inspiration for her new novel "Casebook" and why it is a different kind of love story.

  LARB AVApr 15, 2014

  • Fiction

• Interview Robert Schenkkan - March 24, 2014

  Kelly Candaele talks with playwright Robert Schenkkan on power, political morality, and the Civil Rights movement.

  Kelly CandaeleApr 13, 2014
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  Two Questions for Sonia Nazario

  Daniel Olivas talks with Sonia Nazario about her bestselling Enrique’s Journey.

  Daniel A. OlivasApr 12, 2014
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  [VIDEO] Daniel Chacon's "Hotel Juarez"

  Acclaimed Latino author Daniel Chacon talks about his most recent work, Hotel Juarez, a portrait of a city written in its crime-ridden heyday.

  LARB AVApr 11, 2014
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  Performative Marriages and the American Dream: On “The Marriage Act”

  Aaron ShulmanApr 7, 2014
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  PODCAST #57: Sandra Tsing Loh

  Colin MarshallApr 7, 2014
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  Living on the Edge of Life: A Final Interview with Peter Matthiessen

  The life and work of Peter Matthiessen teaches us that there is no substitute for actual engagement with the world and all its people and species and darkness and wonders.

  Alec MichodApr 6, 2014
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  Con Artists and True Believers: J.C. Gabel interviews LA historian and author Kim Cooper

  I had a pretty unusual working method, which was to go into the sauna at the Los Angeles Athletic Club and stay in there and plot.

  J.C. GabelApr 5, 2014

• Three Questions for Michael Nava regarding his new novel, "The City of Palaces"

  Daniel Olivas talks with Michael Nava.

  Daniel A. OlivasMar 31, 2014

• Life and Debt

  Timothy Spangler interviews professor, author and activist Andrew Ross

  Timothy SpanglerMar 30, 2014
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  On the Frontiers of Animal Research: A Conversation with Virginia Morell

  Richard Hertzberg talks to the author of Animal Wise about pet ownership, animal intentionality, Jane Goodall, and more.

  Richard HertzbergMar 27, 2014
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  PODCAST #56: Helen Wan, "The Partner Track"

  Megan ShankMar 27, 2014
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  [VIDEO] Founder of Red Hen Press and author of new book "The Goldilocks Zone"

  Kate Gale is interviewed about her independent press, Red Hen Publishing, and about her new book of poetry "The Goldilocks Zone."

  Mar 25, 2014

• Gender, Art, Perception: Lauren Walsh Interviews Siri Hustvedt

  Siri Hustvedt talks life, culture, and her new novel, The Blazing World.

  Lauren WalshMar 24, 2014
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  Three Questions for Luis J. Rodriguez

  Luis J. Rodriguez talks about the upcoming 13th anniversary of Tía Chucha’s Café & Centro Cultural.

  Daniel A. OlivasMar 19, 2014