All Interviews

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  Orwell’s Many-Thorned Bomb Shelter: A Conversation with Rebecca Solnit

  Andrea Hoag interviews Rebecca Solnit about her new book on George Orwell, “Orwell’s Roses.”

  Andrea HoagOct 13, 2021

  • Memoir & Essay

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  Sholom Aleichem Against “Edelkeyt”: A Conversation with Curt Leviant

  Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt asks Curt Leviant about translating “Moshkeleh the Thief,” a long-lost novel by Sholom Aleichem.

  Avital Chizhik-GoldschmidtOct 8, 2021

  • Fiction

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  It Just Depends: A Conversation with Richard Edwards

  Justin Gautreau catches up with Richard Edwards, whose latest release is “Richard Edwards Sings the Margot & The Nuclear So and So’s, Songbook in Quarantine (Vol 1).”

  Justin GautreauOct 5, 2021

  • Music

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  A Spectrum of Possibilities: A Conversation with Michael Cooperson on His Translation of al-Ḥarīrī’s “Impostures”

  Joe Amendola talks with Michael Cooperson about his translation of al-Ḥarīrī’s “Impostures,” available now from NYU Press.

  Joe AmendolaOct 4, 2021

  • Around the World

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  A Poet of Hungers: A Conversation with Maureen N. McLane

  Rebecca Ariel Porte interviews Maureen N. McLane about her new book of poetry, “More Anon.”

  Rebecca Ariel PorteOct 3, 2021

  • Poetry

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  Five Questions for V. Castro Regarding Her Novel, “The Queen of the Cicadas”

  Daniel Olivas asks Latinx horror writer V. Castro about her debut novel, “The Queen of the Cicadas.”

  Daniel A. OlivasOct 2, 2021

  • SF

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  Histories of Violence: Mob Violence

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

  Brad EvansSep 27, 2021

  • Histories of Violence

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  “The Shifting Half-Truths We Manage to Glean”: A Conversation with Nawaaz Ahmed

  The author discusses his new novel, “Radiant Fugitives,” about what it means to be Muslim and queer in post-9/11 America.

  Kavita DasSep 25, 2021

  • Fiction

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  The Cult of Marie: A Conversation with Lauren Groff

  Elizabeth DeWolf speaks with Lauren Groff about her latest novel, “Matrix.”

  Elizabeth DeWolfSep 22, 2021

  • Fiction

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  To Rouse and Repel: A Conversation with Maggie Nelson on the Rhetoric of Freedom

  Meredith Maran interviews Maggie Nelson on her new book, “On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint.”

  Meredith MaranSep 20, 2021

  • Memoir & Essay

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  “A Very Strong Effect on the World”: A Conversation with Phillip Lopate

  The noted essayist discusses his new anthology of essays, “The Golden Age of the American Essay: 1945–1970.”

  Jonathan KirshnerSep 18, 2021

  • Memoir & Essay

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  Metaphor Is Everywhere: A Conversation with Maggie Smith

  Melissa Uchiyama interviews poet Maggie Smith about her new book, “Goldenrod.”

  Melissa UchiyamaSep 17, 2021

  • Poetry

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  Three Questions for Kathleen Alcalá Regarding Her Novel, “Spirits of the Ordinary”

  Daniel A. Olivas speaks with Kathleen Alcalá on the republication of her first novel, “Spirits of the Ordinary: A Tale of Casas Grandes.”

  Daniel A. OlivasSep 16, 2021

  • Fiction

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  Histories of Violence: Does Civil Resistance Still Work?

  Bryony Lau speaks with Erica Chenoweth. A conversation in Brad Evans’s “Histories of Violence” series.

  Bryony LauSep 16, 2021

  • Histories of Violence

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  Searching for Justice in the Fallout: A Conversation with Julia Dahl

  Daneet Steffens talks with Julia Dahl about the inspiration behind “The Missing Hours,” her latest novel.

  Daneet SteffensSep 15, 2021

  • Noir

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  Aiming for the Unmediated Response: A Conversation with Brandon Taylor

  The author discusses his first short story collection and the utility (or not) of creative writing programs.

  Sean HooksSep 10, 2021

  • Fiction