All Interviews

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  “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.

  Kion YouOct 20, 2021

  • Fiction

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  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.

  Laurie WinerOct 16, 2021

  • History

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  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  Fred Hardwick presents his long-unpublished interview with Saul Bellow, conducted at Brandeis University in 1977, the year after Bellow was awarded the Nobel Prize.

  Fred HardwickOct 15, 2021

  • Fiction

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  Changing the Mindset: A Conversation with Emily Ladau

  The disability rights activist discusses her new book, “Demystifying Disability.”

  Eleanor J. BaderOct 14, 2021

  • Nonfiction

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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