All Interviews

• A Strange and Endless Journey: A Conversation with Jamey Gambrell, translator of Vladimir Sorokin’s “The Blizzard”

  Alina Cohen interviews translator Jamey Gambrell about Vladimir Sorokin's new novel, "The Blizzard."

  A. Cerisse CohenJan 13, 2016

  • Fiction

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  The Case for Animal Welfare in YA

  Jonathan AlexanderJan 12, 2016

  • Young Adult & Children’s Literature

• Trippingly On the Tongue: An Interview with Robert Lopez

  Robert Lopez interviewed by Peter Markus.

  Peter MarkusJan 12, 2016

  • Fiction

• The Persecuted Novelist of Dystopian Cairo

  Mona Kareem interviews Egyptian novelist Ahmed Naji, who faces charges in Egypt for "sexually explicit fiction."

  Mona KareemJan 11, 2016

  • Fiction

• Conspicuous Rambunction

  Jennifer Bannan interviews Elizabeth McKenzie.

  Jennifer BannanJan 10, 2016

  • Fiction

• Wild Women

  Ellie Duke interviews Tara Ison about her new collection of short stories, the glitz and decay of Los Angeles, and the dark side of desire.

  Ellie DukeJan 6, 2016

  • Fiction

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  Somewhere Between the Two: The Extracurricular Education of Poet Hannah Sanghee Park

  Hannah Sanghee Park’s poems accelerate by breaking down.

  Jessica LaserJan 5, 2016

  • Education

  • Poetry

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  People in My Imagination: Five Questions and Five Answers with Corina Copp

  Dorothea Lasky interviews Corina Copp

  Dorothea LaskyJan 3, 2016

  • Poetry

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  People in My Imagination: Five Questions and Five Answers with Roxane Gay

  Dorothea Lasky interviews Roxane Gay

  Dorothea LaskyJan 2, 2016

  • Poetry

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  People in My Imagination: Five Questions and Five Answers with Kate Durbin

  Dorothea Lasky interviews Kate Durbin about her latest book, E! Entertainment.

  Dorothea LaskyJan 1, 2016

  • Poetry

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  The Lynchian Sensibility: An Interview with Dennis Lim

  "The first time I asked David Lynch if he could define the word 'Lynchian,' he changed the subject."

  Lara ZarumDec 29, 2015

  • Biography & Autobiography

  • Film

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  The Opium Wars, Neoliberalism, and the Anthropocene

  David Palumbo-Liu interviews author and cultural critic Amitav Ghosh.

  David Palumbo-LiuDec 28, 2015

  • Cultural Studies

  • Politics

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  The Hilarity of Influence: An Interview with Kliph Nesteroff

  An interview with Kliph Nesteroff, author of The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels and the History of American Comedy.

  Ben SchwartzDec 21, 2015

  • Humor

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  Joan Allen on “Room”

  Lori Freshwater interviews actress Joan Allen.

  Lori FreshwaterDec 20, 2015

  • Film

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  Faith and Fat Chances: An Interview with Carla Trujillo

  Carla Trujillo interviewed by Alex Espinoza

  Alex EspinozaDec 19, 2015

  • Cultural Studies

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  Writer in Exile: An Interview with Yasmine Merei

  When I heard that Syrian journalist and activist Yasmin Merei was staying in LA, I jumped at the chance to talk with a woman recently arrived from the front lines.

  Louise SteinmanDec 17, 2015

  • Around the World