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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
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
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
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
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
The Book that Everyone Needs to Read
Imanol GalfarsoroJan 19, 2014
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
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
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
PODCAST #51: Thomas E. Kennedy
Jan 6, 2014
A Conversation with Richard Blanco: "One Today," One Year Later
Richard Blanco – the first openly gay, the first Latino, and the youngest presidential inauguration poet ever.
Gregg BarriosJan 4, 2014
“There is never anything without something else”: A Conversation with Brenda Hillman
Gerald Maa, editor-in-chief of the Asian American Literary Review, sits down with poet Brenda Hillman to talk about poetry, politics and Letters on Fire.
Gerald MaaDec 27, 2013
- Poetry
Compassion and Dignity: A Conversation with Elton John
John-Manuel AndrioteDec 22, 2013
- Gender & Sexuality
- Music
Whatever That Thing Is For You and Yours
Voice of the new South Allan Gurganus discusses regional literature, the craft of writing, and his new collection of novellas, Local Souls.
Joe FasslerDec 18, 2013
- Fiction
Courting Vectoralists: An Interview with McKenzie Wark on the 10 Year Anniversary of "A Hacker Manifesto"
McKenzie Wark speaks 10 years after the publication of The Hacker Manifesto.
Melissa GreggDec 17, 2013
Randall Kennedy on Affirmative Action
Not all discrimination is bad.
Don FranzenDec 15, 2013
- Law