The Questionnaire

The Questionnaire is, as her name suggests, a multifarious and mysterious interlocutor. Chameleon-like, her questions change their color as they approach each new interviewee.

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  • The Questionnaire: Ange Mlinko

    The Questionnaire: Ange Mlinko

    How do you get up in the morning? Trying to remember my dreams, rather than my to-do list. Do you succumb to nostalgia? Now less than ever. Either because moving around so much has made me detached, or because being a ...

    • The Questionnaire: Greil Marcus

      How do you get up in the morning?  Two legs.   Do you succumb to nostalgia? I hope not.   Do you write long and cut, or short and backfill?  Not as short as I’d like, then ...

      • The Questionnaire: McKenzie Wark

        How do you get up in the morning? I’m not to be spoken to until after the second cup of tea.   Do you succumb to nostalgia? Sometimes keeping a past alive is the only way of imagining a ...

        • The Questionnaire: Jess Row

          How do you get up in the morning? I’m a big fan of PG Tips.   Do you succumb to nostalgia? Once when I was in Paris I tried to find a famous bookstore on the Left Bank, searched ...

          • The Questionnaire: Marjorie Perloff

            The Questionnaire: Marjorie Perloff

            How do you get up in the morning?    Reluctantly. Do you succumb to nostalgia?  Yes, until I look at some of the critical controversies of the past and then I change my mind! Do you write long and cut, or short ...

            • The Questionnaire: Mark Sarvas

              How do you get up in the morning? Creakingly, and with a healthy dose of dread.   Do you succumb to nostalgia? Every now and then… and then I shudder, kick myself and get back to whatever it is I&...

              • The Questionnaire: Malcolm Harris

                How do you get up in the morning? Most of the time.   Do you succumb to nostalgia? No.   Do you write long and cut, or short and backfill? No.   How do you feel about your Wikipedia entry? It&...

                • The Questionnaire: Sarah Mesle

                  How do you get up in the morning?  I have two small kids. So… yeah.   Do you succumb to nostalgia? This makes it sound like there was a time before nostalgia?   Best piece of advice you ever ...

                  • The Questionnaire: Scott Korb

                    How do you get up in the morning?Mon.-Thurs.: Alarm set for the time I’d like to get up, before 5, which is crazy. Usually get up about 5:30.Fri-Sun.: My kid gets up between 8-9.Do ...

                    • The Questionnaire: Tom Dibblee

                      How do you feel about your Wikipedia entry? Too short.   Best piece of advice you ever received? In dialogue, have your characters say no to each other. I now call this the Gilmore Girls method.   Who is your imagined ...

                      • The Questionnaire: Maria Bustillos

                        How do you get up in the morning?  It really is a miracle, isn't it.   Do you succumb to nostalgia?          I never quite succumb; I love the future too much.   ...

                        • The Questionnaire: Phillip Maciak

                          How do you get up in the morning? Very slowly.   Do you succumb to nostalgia? Very quickly.   Do you write long and cut, or short and backfill? Like a goldfish, my writing grows relative to the size of its ...