All Interviews

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  Of Writers and Con Men: S. Kirk Walsh Interviews James Magnuson on “Famous Writers I Have Known”

  “There are connections between con men and writers. Both are liars. Both are capable of making the implausible plausible.”

  S. Kirk WalshFeb 19, 2014
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  Medication Nation: Jerry Stahl and his new novel, "Happy Mutant Baby Pills"

  Jerry Stahl and the drugs that make us who we are, for better and mostly for worse.

  David BreithauptFeb 17, 2014
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  PODCAST #52: David Kipen interviews Jeffrey Lewis

  Writer and bookseller David Kipen interviews Jeffrey Lewis, discussing his new novel, The Inquisitor’s Diary.

  Feb 13, 2014
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  Broken Land: An Interview With William Boyle

  Brooklyn is a small town in William Boyle’s first novel, Gravesend. He talks here to Anya Groner.

  Anya GronerFeb 12, 2014

• The End of the Road

  Alizah SalarioFeb 9, 2014
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  On Big Books and War: A Chat with Bob Shacochis

  Robert Birnbaum interviews Bob Shacochis on topics ranging from his knowledge of the CIA to his three dogs.

  Robert BirnbaumFeb 7, 2014
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  If I Don’t Write This, I Can’t Go On: An Interview with Rachel Zucker

  MOTHERs was not something I could contain. Like my longer poems and like my books of poems, MOTHERs had to expand in a sprawl.

  Michael KimballFeb 6, 2014
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  Poetry & Pornography: An Interview with Dodie Bellamy

  Matias Viegener talks with poet and novelist Dodie Bellamy about the position of pornography in today’s literature.

  Matias ViegenerFeb 3, 2014
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  The Great Work and the Compromised Man: An Interview with Norman Manea

  Carla Baricz interviews Norman Manea on hooliganism in Romania, the novelistic memoir and the 10th anniversary of The Hooligan’s Return.

  Carla BariczFeb 2, 2014

  • Literary Fiction

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  A Conversation with Forrest Gander and Raúl Zurita About “Pinholes in the Night: Essential Poems from Latin America”

  An exclusive interview with renowned poet and translator Forrest Gander and Raúl Zurita, recipient of the Chilean National Prize for Literature

  Magdalena EdwardsFeb 2, 2014

  • Poetry

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  The Economics of Decisions: An Interview with Peter Mountford

  “Yes, we’re all trying to game the system.” Peter Mountford discusses his new novel, The Dismal Science.

  Lora ShinnJan 22, 2014

  • Economics and Finance

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  The Book that Everyone Needs to Read

  Imanol GalfarsoroJan 19, 2014
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  Fire On the Mountain: An Interview with Anne Marie Wirth Cauchon

  It’s fire season in Montana in Anne Marie Wirth Cauchon’s debut novel, Nothing.

  Aaron ShulmanJan 15, 2014
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  Satan at the Center and Double Rhizomes: Discussing "Spheres" and beyond with Peter Sloterdijk

  Peter Sloterdijk visits UC Irvine: a conversation.

  Tom BoellstorffJan 14, 2014
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  Living Out Our Imagination: An Interview with Jennifer Haley

  Los Angeles playwright Jennifer Haley talks about technology and the future of theater.

  Miranda RizzoloJan 8, 2014
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  PODCAST #51: Thomas E. Kennedy

  Jan 6, 2014