Meredith Maran is a contributor to The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times, among other publications. The author of the memoir The New Old Me: My Late-Life Reinvention (2017) and a dozen other books, she lives in one of Silver Lake’s finest bungalow courts.
Meredith Maran
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Bird by Bird, Brick by Brick
Meredith Maran interviews Danzy Senna about her new novel “Colored Television.”
Do Women Have It Easier Than Men Now? On Caitlin Moran’s “What About Men?”
Meredith Maran reviews Caitlin Moran’s “What About Men? A Feminist Answers the Question.”
To Rouse and Repel: A Conversation with Maggie Nelson on the Rhetoric of Freedom
Meredith Maran interviews Maggie Nelson on her new book, “On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint.”
The Unruliness of Life: A Conversation with Marisa Silver
Meredith Maran interviews Marisa Silver about her latest novel, “The Mysteries.”
No Guarantees: An Interview with Christina Baker Kline
Meredith Maran interviews author Christina Baker Kline about life after her first best seller.
Horror Has Become Normal: An Interview with Gish Jen
Meredith Maran talks to Gish Jen about her latest novel, "The Resisters."
One Voice in a Great Chorus: An Interview with Rebecca Solnit
Meredith Maran talks to writer, historian, and activist Rebecca Solnit about erasure, voicelessness, and her memoir “Recollections of My Nonexistence.”
Declassified: An Interview with Jessica Pearce Rotondi
Meredith Maran talks to writer Jessica Pearce Rotondi about unresolved grief, hidden political histories, and her debut book, “What We Inherit.”
What It All Meant: A Conversation with Alex Halberstadt
Meredith Maran interviews Alex Halberstadt about his debut memoir, “Young Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Memoir and a Reckoning.”
Funhouse Mirror: An Interview with Laura Zigman on “Separation Anxiety”
Meredith Maran talks to writer Laura Zigman about rejection, writer’s block, and her new novel, “Separation Anxiety.”
The Unthought Known: An Interview with Dani Shapiro
A seasoned memoirist on the trauma of finding her biological father.
What Does Jill Soloway Want?
Meredith Maran takes a look at Jill Soloway’s new memoir, “She Wants It,” which delves into the noted director and writer’s political awakening.
Yet Another Genre for Jane Smiley
Jane Smiley has published the second volume of her "Last Hundred Years" trilogy.
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