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It Has to Be Real: A Conversation with Kim Purcell
A prominent YA author on the challenges of creating diverse characters and stories.
All Interviews
“All This Life Made This Play”: An Interview with Keith Hamilton Cobb
In the arc of this actor’s story, he is only ever seen as Othello, Othello, Othello. This is also a metaphor for Black life.
Stuck with Them: An Interview with Oyinkan Braithwaite
Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ interviews Oyinkan Braithwaite about her new novel, “My Sister, The Serial Killer.”
Nikki Giovanni: In Her Revolutionary Dream
Patrick A. Howell interviews poet Nikki Giovanni.
Identity Across the Diaspora: A Conversation with Wayétu Moore
A Liberian-American novelist discusses pan-Africanism and the power of black bodies.
Histories of Violence: The Expulsion of Humanity
Brad Evans speaks with Columbia University professor of sociology Saskia Sassen. A conversation in Brad Evans’s "Histories of Violence" series.
No More About Us Without Us: A Conversation with Ryan Hampton
The author of “American Fix” on the opioid crisis and how to solve it.
“I’m Not Going to Pretend That I’m So F**king Creative”: An Interview with Eric Reynolds
Colin Beineke talks to Eric Reynolds about his work editing "Now: The New Comics Anthology" for Fantagraphics Books.
Art and Dissent in Singapore: An Interview with Seelan Palay
Krithika Varagur speaks to Singaporean artist Seelan Palay about censorship, institutional critique, and the Southeast Asian art world.
All the Poets (Musicians on Writing): Stew
In this monthly series, Scott Timberg interviews musicians on the literary work that has inspired and informed their music.
On Oppenheimer: A Conversation with Louisa Hall on Her Novel, “Trinity”
"I wanted to write a book about the difficulty of knowing other people, especially when the stakes are high." Jennifer Croft interviews Louisa Hall.
The Importance of Earnest Criticism
An interview with Jarrett Earnest, whose "What it Means to Write about Art" compiles interviews with the most influential art critics of the past 50 years.
In Multiplicity Is Truth: An Interview with Gina Apostol
Gina Apostol discusses her new novel about the Philippine resistance to American occupation.
Writing Cuba: An Interview with Leonardo Padura
Susannah Rodríguez Drissi talks to Leonardo Padura about his childhood in Cuba, his writing process, and his experience with self-censorship.
Actually Existing Cosmopolitanism
Jeff J. Williams talks to Bruce Robbins about George Orwell, the Sokal hoax, and his recent book, “The Beneficiary.”
Order Out of Chaos
Daniela Petrova interviews Erica Wright about her new novel, “The Blue Kingfisher.”
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