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What We Do to Define Ourselves: A Conversation with Zaka Toto
A Martinican scholar on the struggle for decolonization and the importance of knowing one’s history.
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Histories of Violence: The Crisis of Liberalism
Brad Evans speaks with Suzanne Schneider. A conversation in Brad Evans’s “Histories of Violence” series.
Writing the Kaleidoscope: A Conversation with Jackson Bliss
Bryan Hurt interviews Jackson Bliss on his debut story collection, “Counterfactual Love Stories & Other Experiments.”
Love in Times of Terror: A Conversation with Kalani Pickhart
Kalani Pickhart discusses her ambitious debut novel, “I Will Die in a Foreign Land.”
The Earth Is Doing Our Thinking for Us: A Conversation with Amitav Ghosh
Andrew Malmuth interviews Amitav Ghosh on his latest book about the climate crisis.
“Towards This Big Objective”: A Conversation with Peter Russell
Andrew Frisardi presents a long-unpublished interview with poet, translator, and influential editor Peter Russell (1921–2003).
Beyond Betrayal: A Conversation with Laura Davis
Elizabeth Rosner interviews Laura Davis about her new memoir on caring for her mother at the end of her life, “The Burning Light of Two Stars.”
“As If I Would Cry”: A Conversation with Ludmilla Petrushevskaya
The formidable Ludmilla Petrushevskaya enchants with her toughness of spirit in this March 2021 interview.
Writing from the Periphery and Renewing the Center: An Interview with Valerie Miles
Nathan Scott McNamara interviews editor Valerie Miles about Granta’s list of Best Young Spanish-Language Novelists.
“We Need Wholesale Decolonization”: A Conversation with Grieve Chelwa
An African economist explains why mainstream economics is a colonialist enterprise.
Storyteller Strategist: A Conversation with Susan Orlean
Yvonne Conza speaks to Susan Orlean about animalish curiosities, the writing process, and the meaning of memoirs.
A Language for Herself: A Conversation with Ye Chun
Brian Castleberry talks with Ye Chun about her new collection of short stories, “Hao.”
“The Jarringness of Witnessing”: A Conversation with Anuk Arudpragasam
The Sri Lankan author discusses his new novel, the toll of civil war, and the burden of historical memory.
What Happened Here in Munich: An Interview with Mirjam Zadoff
Laurie Winer talks with Mirjam Zadoff, director of the Munich Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism.
The Fashionable Forms of Despair: A Recovered Interview with Saul Bellow
Fred Hardwick presents his long-unpublished interview with Saul Bellow, conducted at Brandeis University in 1977, the year after Bellow was awarded the Nobel Prize.
Changing the Mindset: A Conversation with Emily Ladau
The disability rights activist discusses her new book, “Demystifying Disability.”
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