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“You Learn Things When You’re Ready to Learn Them”
Kemp Powers interviews the author Clifford Thompson about his latest book "Twin of Darkness."
Kemp PowersNov 15, 2015
- Memoir & Essay
Reconciliation Acts
An interview with Jan Herman, longtime journalist and author of "The Z Collection."
Aaron ShulmanNov 14, 2015
- Nonfiction
A Promiscuous Sensibility
Natalie Villacorta interviews Claire Vaye Watkins
Natalie VillacortaNov 14, 2015
- Fiction
Under the Bridge: A Talk with LA Historian and “Under Spring” Author Jeremy Rosenberg
LA Historian and "Under Spring" Author Jeremy Rosenberg talks about the revitalization of downtown LA.
Peter RelicNov 11, 2015
- Cultural Studies
Many Layers, Many Guises
Micah McCrary interviews Sven Birkerts
Micah McCraryNov 9, 2015
- Nonfiction
Escape into the Present: An Interview with Steve Toltz
To escape is to be in the present. There’s something wonderful about writing, where you’re both in the present, in the moment, yet also in an imaginative fantasyland. So you get the best of both worlds.
Dominic GreenNov 2, 2015
- Fiction
Love Triangles Are Wasted on the Young
Writer and television producer Peter Lefcourt divides his time between screenplays and novels.
Anne Flett-GiordanoOct 30, 2015
- Television
Never Be Afraid to Suck
The first piece you write that your family hates means you’ve found your voice.
Haig ChahinianOct 29, 2015
- Fiction
Puzzles, Form, Compassion, and Humor
Kate HopperOct 26, 2015
- Memoir & Essay
The Blue-Collar King: An Interview with Stephen King
Stephen King talks genre, politics, and the proletariat novelist.
Angela S. AllanOct 25, 2015
- Fiction
How to Write a Poem About Baseball
Julian Gewirtz interviews Jill Bialosky on baseball and poetry.
Julian GewirtzOct 24, 2015
- Poetry
- Sports
(Un)fictional Geographies
Jennine Capó Crucet, author of "Make Your Home Among Strangers," talks to fellow novelist Alex Espinoza.
Alex EspinozaOct 19, 2015
- Fiction
The Desert Threshold
If we view the notion of climate change from the point of view of colonial history we can see countless examples of climate change engineered as a project.
George ProchnikOct 18, 2015
- Art & Architecture
In Church in Charleston
"Black churches, regardless of how one feels about religion , have been a vital institution in the quest for Black liberation in this country."
DéLana R.A. DameronOct 16, 2015
- Cultural Studies
A Courageous Man: An Interview with John Carlos
David Davis interviews John Carlos, the 1968 Summer Olympics track athlete whose Black Power salute caused much political controversy.
David DavisOct 16, 2015
- History
- Sports
Writing Against Complacency
The Dead Ladies Project: Exiles, Expats, and Ex-Countries
Mattilda Bernstein SycamoreOct 15, 2015
- Literary Criticism