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As Unclear as Life Itself: An Interview with Cristian Mungiu
Costica BradatanSep 21, 2013
The Dolorous and Beautiful World of Anthony Reynolds
Author and former "Jack" singer/songwriter Anthony Reynolds discusses the intersections between pop music and poetry.
Erik MorseSep 18, 2013
Not Suffer the Suffering Artist: Elissa Bassist Interviews Michelle Orange
When asked to create “a sort of personal crest — a motto accompanied by a representative sketch,” she drew “a gothic tableau of laid out in a coffin. eneath it inscribed the Dean mantra: Live fast, die young, have a beautiful corpse.”
Elissa BassistSep 17, 2013
Sherlockian Girl Goes Wilde: An Interview with Lyndsay Faye
Lyndsay Faye builds on her award-winning first novel with Seven for a Secret, with writing Otto Penzler and others find astonishing.
Nancie ClareSep 15, 2013
PODCAST #41: James Greenberg & James Morrison
Colin MarshallSep 15, 2013
Joan Didion, One Week after 9/11
Didion, on the first plane out of New York after 9/11
Jon WienerSep 11, 2013
The Author Looks Inward: A Conversation with Jonathan Lethem
Acclaimed author Jonathan Lethem, whose latest novel, Dissident Gardens, is published this month, discusses genre and grandmothers, politics and sense of place, language and literary influences with LA Review interviewer Brian Gresko.
Brian GreskoSep 8, 2013
PODCAST #40: Richard Rayner
Richard Rayner discusses Los Angeles with Colin Marshall
Colin MarshallSep 4, 2013
Maximum Bob: An E-Mail Conversation with Bob Shacochis
An extensive interview with Bob Shacochis on the publication of his first novel in a decade.
Askold MelnyczukSep 2, 2013
A Functional Form Has Its Own Beauty: An Interview with Kim Stanley Robinson
McKenzie Wark interviews Kim Stanley Robinson
McKenzie WarkSep 2, 2013
We’re All Trying to Reinvent Ourselves: An Interview with Alfredo Corchado
Alfredo Corchado, born in Mexico, went back as a journalist. This is what he found.
Adam GoodmanSep 1, 2013
Rebel with a Cause: An Interview with Carne Ross
In this exclusive interview, Carne Ross, former British diplomat and current advisor to the United Nations for the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces, talks about Syria, international diplomacy, capitalism, anarchism, gay rights, Gandhi, and John le Carré.
Shaun RandolSep 1, 2013
A Mother, Her Daughter, and an Incestuous, Murdering Father
A daughter’s voyage of discovery and a mother’s childhood hell.
MaryAnne KoltonAug 28, 2013
Deanne Stillman, "Desert Reckoning"
An interview with Deanne Stillman, author of Desert Reckoning
Aug 27, 2013
Human Relationships Are Hard: An Interview With Adelle Waldman
Evan Allgood interviews Adelle Waldman about “The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P”, a story about the heartbreaker we all know, and hope we never have the misfortune to date.
Evan AllgoodAug 25, 2013
It Is An Apple: An Interview With Judy Grahn
“The apple is the menstruation of the apple tree,” say famed poet and activist Judy Grahn in an interview with fellow poet Lisa Moore. The benefits of listening to the same Stevie Wonder record for 23 hours a day are also discussed.
Lisa L. MooreAug 23, 2013