Interview

Natasha Trethewey: Finding Her Calling in a Wound That Never Heals

By Chet’la Sebree January 9, 2019

The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet on her recently released collection, the connections between personal and historical violence, and how she received her calling.

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Kiese Laymon: “I Didn’t Want to Be a Silent Survivor of Moral Failure Anymore”

By Lacy M. Johnson December 19, 2018

The writer on his memoir, Heavy, and the role of truth-telling and loneliness in artmaking.

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Miscellaneous Files: Jabari Asim

By Mary Wang December 10, 2018

The writer Jabari Asim on stories as instruments of power, how he places himself in the lineage of African American literature, and how writers of color should navigate an onerous publishing landscape.

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Helen Schulman’s Many Worlds

By Phineas Lambert December 7, 2018

The best-selling author on invasive technology, her new novel, and the craft of writing.

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Tyrese Coleman: Writing the Truth, Unbound by Genre

By Sarah Kasbeer December 5, 2018

The author of How to Sit discusses her mixed genre, multi-generational essays about black girlhood, womanhood, trauma, and triumph.

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Back Draft: Catherine Barnett

By Ben Purkert and Catherine Barnett November 27, 2018

The poet discusses the separation of mind and body—literally and figuratively—the transformation of influence, and imagining an audience.

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A.J. Jacobs: Gratitude and the Global Supply Chain

By Phineas Lambert November 20, 2018

A writer's quest to thank everyone involved in the production of his morning coffee took him on a journey through the benefits of mental positivity and the complexities of global commerce.

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Marie Brenner: Public Stories and Private Wars

By Matthew Miles Goodrich November 8, 2018

The investigative journalist discusses her outspoken father, a notorious encounter with Donald Trump, and the legacy of an impassioned late colleague

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Idra Novey: Silence Is Complicity

By Mickie Meinhardt November 7, 2018

The novelist, poet, and translator on the responsibilities we hold, the consequences of silence, and writing cross-genre.

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Miscellaneous Files: Ottessa Moshfegh

By Mary Wang November 6, 2018

The writer Ottessa Moshfegh on the line between sensitivity and sentimentality, the universal experience of sadness, and the influence of Nirvana.

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Heather Havrilesky: Digging for Something Real

By Mickie Meinhardt November 1, 2018

The author of “What If This Were Enough?” on honest writing, raising kids with social media, and the growing pains of a constantly-wired culture.

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