All Interviews

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  Muddy Waters and Mozart: Remembering Townes Van Zandt

  Like his hero Hank Williams, Townes was a mean drunk, but with a selfless, compassionate streak.

  Aretha SillsJan 1, 2012

• Misha Glouberman and Sheila Heti

  Jan 1, 2012
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  PODCAST: Philosophical Improvisations

  Part philosophy, part self-help, part experiment in nonfiction, part a book-length interview.

  Dec 20, 2011
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  It's Good To Be Pragmatic: An Interview with Helen DeWitt

  Forget about writing. There’s a debate, a conflict, a dilemma, that everyone faces.

  Lee KonstantinouNov 21, 2011

• Patience and Virtue: An Interview with Lydia Davis

  I like the book to exist in a sort of middle space, kind of floating.

  Nov 8, 2011

• The Writer's Jukebox: An Interview with Chuck Eddy

  I get mad at people who say I’m a contrarian. That’s honestly not where I come from.

  Sep 29, 2011

• Old War Stories: An Interview with Geoff Dyer

  "I've had such an unusual writing life."

  Aug 17, 2011
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  Delight and Delectation: An Interview with Anne Germanacos

  Two risks I court are keeping the fourth wall permeable and sticking closely to recognizable, lived stories.

  Clarissa RomanoJul 27, 2011
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  Ball of Fire: An Interview with Jimmy McDonough

  It’s hard to talk about this stuff without it sounding like “The Steam From My Blowhole, Part 47.”

  Jonathan PennerJun 24, 2011
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  AUDIO ARCHIVE

  Jun 20, 2011
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  Larry Flynt at Home

  After all is said and done, who would you prefer as your next President? A Hollywood ham, an addle-brained astronaut, or a smut peddler who cares?

  Jean SteinJun 10, 2011

• A Reader's Guide to Peter Mountford: An Interview

  Finance and economics clearly play an important role in contemporary history, but for some reason there’s very little “literary” fiction about them.

  Jun 1, 2011
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  VIDEO: Cecil Castellucci

  Cecil Castellucci talks to LARB about reading and writing Young Adult fiction.

  Apr 8, 2011
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  VIDEO ARCHIVE

  Mar 1, 2011
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  Both Coasts: An Interview with Geoffrey G. O'Brien

  Maybe we could say that the internet too is prose that’s full of verse form, no one’s and everyone’s.

  Adam J. FitzgeraldFeb 14, 2011