All Interviews

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  Islam Hasn’t Had Our Friedrich Schleiermacher: A Conversation with Ayad Akhtar

  Jabeen Akhtar interviews playwright, novelist, and screenwriter Ayad Akhtar.

  Jabeen AkhtarJun 8, 2016

  • Fiction

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  We Should All Listen

  James Ziskin on his signature character, Ellie Stone.

  Kim FayJun 8, 2016

  • Noir

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  Maybe We All Got It Coming

  Joe Hill on his new novel "The Fireman", apocalyptic literature, and Martha Quinn.

  Paul TremblayJun 5, 2016

  • Noir

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  The Bible According to Dr. Mary

  "The medieval argument for God’s existence is God defined as that which there is nothing greater than ... I think it’s a cogent argument 700 years later."

  Nancy SpillerJun 5, 2016

  • Fiction

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  Grave Disruptions

  "I’m not for the status quo, so I don't know how to write anything but untidy, slightly melancholy endings."

  Elizabeth LittleJun 4, 2016

  • Noir

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  Literary Subterfuge

  Christopher Sorrentino on the publishing industry, the joys of genre cross-pollination, and his new novel, "The Fugitives".

  Donald BreckenridgeJun 4, 2016

  • Fiction

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  Every Encounter Is Singular: Gene Kwak interviews Askold Melynyczuk

  Gene Kwak and Askold Melnyczuk take on low brow, high brow, and all brow.

  Gene KwakJun 2, 2016

  • Fiction

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  Mas Arai-Mania: An Interview with Naomi Hirahara

  Steph Cha speaks with author Naomi Hirahara about her Mas Arai series, the tension between Korea and Japan, and how crime fiction can help explore identity.

  Steph ChaMay 30, 2016

  • Noir

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  Multilingual Wordsmiths, Part 4: Ann Goldstein on “Ferrante Fever”

  "Pasolini is not known as an author as much as a moviemaker. I think his novels are really interesting. And I really like Romano Bilenchi."

  Liesl SchillingerMay 29, 2016

  • Fiction

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  #iranelection: An Interview with Negar Mottahedeh on Protest, Play, and the 2009 Green Movement

  "People were being witnesses. The were bearing witness in their Tweets, in their videos, in the pictures they were uploading to platforms like Flickr."

  Ana MinaMay 28, 2016

  • Around the World

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  A Nasty Tale of Redemption: A Conversation With Susan Rukeyser

  MaryAnne Kolton talks with Susan Rukeyser about her novel “Not on Fire, Only Dying”, a lost Kingston, NY, and dealing with anxiety.

  MaryAnne KoltonMay 28, 2016

  • Fiction

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  Multilingual Wordsmiths, Part 3: Edith Grossman on Reading Spanish and the Pitfalls of Literalism

  "Translations aren’t made with tracing paper — two languages do not fit into the same space at the same time."

  Liesl SchillingerMay 26, 2016

  • Literary Criticism

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  A Proper Crime Novel

  Katrina Niidas Holm interviews Lisa Lutz about her new novel, "The Passenger".

  Katrina Niidas HolmMay 25, 2016

  • Noir

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  The Outside Comes Hurtling In

  "High Dive" is a powerful, compassionate work of historical fiction that rehumanizes the historical record of The Troubles.

  Dan SheehanMay 19, 2016

  • Fiction

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  Terrified and Exhilarated and Desperate

  Chris Holm interviews Matthew Quirk about his new novel, "Cold Barrel Zero," and how he researches his stories.

  Chris HolmMay 17, 2016

  • Noir

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  Brendan Constantine’s “Dementia, My Darling”: The Poet As Compassionate Extrovert

  An interview on poetry about dementia and memory loss with Brendan Constantine.

  James CushingMay 16, 2016

  • Poetry