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Love in a Time of Revolution
Torsa Ghosal speaks with Nishant Batsha about his new novel, “A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart.”
All Interviews
Life Takes Over
Samuel Rutter interviews Abdulrazak Gurnah on colonial legacies and the direction of contemporary literature, in a preview of LARB Quarterly no. 45: “Submission.”
A Story Needs to Shake You Up
Akanksha Singh speaks with Jonas Hassen Khemiri, author of “The Sisters,” about the process of translating his own work and the power of the stories we tell ourselves.
The Novel as Revolutionary Instrument
Holiday Dmitri interviews “Mars Review of Books” founder Noah Kumin about his first novel.
Rehearsing for the Apocalypse
Anna Marie Cain interviews Karen Russell about her latest novel, “The Antidote.”
If There’s Truth in Cinema, It’s Sideways
Ilana Masad interviews Katharine Coldiron about her new collection of essays, “Out There in the Dark.”
“My Characters Yearn for Connection”
Radha Vatsal speaks with Mexican author Guadalupe Nettel about her new story collection, “The Accidentals.”
No Matter How Much We Look, We Don’t Necessarily See
Nik Slackman speaks with Taylor Lewandowski and Lynne Tillman on the occasion of their new book, “The Mystery of Perception.”
Lady of the Wild Things
Abigail Susik speaks with visual artist Liliane Lijn about her new memoir and her major international exhibition.
Wild in a Good Way
Cameron Engwall interviews Rob Franklin about “Great Black Hope,” his debut novel.
This Has Always Been Possible
Sarah LaBrie talks to Nina St. Pierre about their respective memoirs, “No One Gets to Fall Apart” and “Love Is a Burning Thing.”
Wave to the Camera
Grant Sharples interviews the filmmaker Alex Ross Perry about “Pavements,” his unconventional new feature about the band.
The Fine Art of Bad Writing
Dan Sinykin interviews Tom Comitta about their latest project, “People’s Choice Literature: The Most Wanted and Unwanted Novels.”
Deceptively Small Things
Madelyn Dawson interviews Sarah Manguso about her new book “Questions Without Answers.”
The Empress
Oliver Wang interviews legendary Chinese American actress Lisa Lu about her 65-year film career.
Did the Pandemic Ever End?
Kiese Laymon interviews Chi Rainer Bornfree and Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan about their epistolary pandemic memoir, “The End Doesn’t Happen All at Once.”
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