All Interviews

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  Sitting in Silence: A Conversation with Dash Shaw

  Alex Dueben talks with Dash Shaw about his approach to comic writing and moviemaking, as well as his new book, “Discipline.”

  Alex DuebenMar 12, 2022

  • Comics

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  Mushrooms, Mortality, and the Braided Form: A Conversation with Anna Journey on “The Judas Ear”

  Maggie Millner interviews Anna Journey about her new book, “The Judas Ear.”

  Maggie MillnerMar 11, 2022

  • Poetry

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  Why Borders Are Bad for the Working Class: An Interview with Justin Akers Chacón

  How erasing the border would benefit — not harm — American wage laborers.

  Andrea Penman-LomeliMar 10, 2022

  • Politics

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  “A Two-Way Street in Time”: A Conversation with Poet and Translator Andrew Frisardi

  Felicity Teague asks Andrew Frisardi about his translations of Dante, metrical verse, and inhabiting the poem from within.

  Felicity TeagueMar 4, 2022

  • Poetry

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  Histories of Violence: Writing Tragedy as an Art Form

  Brad Evans speaks with Carol Becker. A conversation in Brad Evans’s “Histories of Violence” series.

  Brad EvansFeb 28, 2022

  • Histories of Violence

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  “The Secret to Superhuman Strength” Revealed!: Alison Bechdel Talks About Her New Book

  Alison Bechdel talks in depth about her new book, “The Secret to Superhuman Strength.”

  Etelka LehoczkyFeb 26, 2022

  • Comics

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  On Hunting Ghosts: A Conversation with Devon Walker-Figueroa

  Sarah Herrington interviews poet Devon Walker-Figueroa about her new book, “Philomath.”

  Sarah HerringtonFeb 25, 2022

  • Poetry

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  “The Way You Felt When You Were 20”: Talking Rat Pack with Karina Longworth

  Matt Hanson interviews podcaster Karina Longworth on her latest season of “You Must Remember This.”

  Matt HansonFeb 25, 2022

  • Film

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  Take Nobody’s Word for It: A Conversation with Wes Jackson

  Wes Jackson, who won a MacArthur for the idea of perennial grains grown in mixtures, is quite sure we are getting less intelligent.

  Robert JensenFeb 20, 2022

  • Science & Technology

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  “The Stories in Songs”: A Conversation with Luis Chaves

  Carlos Fonseca in conversation with Luis Chaves.

  Carlos FonsecaFeb 19, 2022

  • Poetry

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  Decriminalization Saves Lives: A Conversation with Travis Lupick

  Eleanor J. Bader speaks to Travis Lupick about the urgency of harm reduction in dealing with the drug crisis.

  Eleanor J. BaderFeb 18, 2022

  • Nonfiction

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  Protected Children, Regulated Mothers: A Conversation with Eszter Varsa

  A social historian of gender on child protection policy in Stalinist Hungary.

  M. BunaFeb 6, 2022

  • History

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  “What Is Old Can Sometimes Feel New”: A Conversation with Andre Bagoo

  The Trinidadian author on the ambivalent legacy of V. S. Naipaul and the challenge of depicting a queer Caribbean.

  Stephen NarainFeb 4, 2022

  • Around the World

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  Grotesque Inequity: Christopher Newfield on Higher Education

  Christopher Newfield on the shift from public to privatized higher education, the imbalance in university funding, and how it's worsening our social crisis.

  Jeffrey J. WilliamsFeb 1, 2022

  • Education

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  Ruth Bader Ginsburg Remembered: An Interview with Amanda Tyler

  Brachah Goykadosh talks with Amanda Tyler about her late writing partner, Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

  Brachah GoykadoshJan 31, 2022

  • Law

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  We All Bleed Red: A Conversation with Heather Morris

  Jane Ratcliffe speaks to Heather Morris, who weaves together resilience and pain in her works of Holocaust historical fiction.

  Jane RatcliffeJan 30, 2022

  • Fiction