Interview

Helen Phillips: “Living with the awareness of the abyss is probably a good thing.”

By Mary Wang July 19, 2019

The writer discusses why motherhood lends itself perfectly for speculative fiction—and the album that helped her during writing and labor.

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Interview

Catherine Chung: The Vast and the Intricate

By Steph Cha July 11, 2019

The author discusses the limits of identity, the power of ownership, and the narrative beauty of math.

Arts & Culture

Interview

Ayesha Harruna Attah: “I Write to Find out Who I Am”

By Arvind Dilawar July 5, 2019

How the discovery of an ancestor named only “the slave” inspired the Ghanaian author’s latest novel

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Interview

Kristen Arnett: It Starts With An Image

By Victoria Brown July 3, 2019

The writer on depicting experienced sex scenes, finding humor in the absurd, and the exciting possibilities of the gross.

Arts & Culture

Interview

Wayne Koestenbaum: “I use obscene as a term of praise.”


By Mirene Arsanios July 2, 2019

Critic, essayist, and poet Wayne Koestenbaum talks about the reissue of his only novel to date, Circus, while offering a glimpse of his art works, unpublished writings, and family archive.

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Interview

Becoming a Map for Survival: Interview with Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

By Lisa Factora-Borchers June 18, 2019

The writer on resisting racist ableist erasure in her latest essay collection about disability justice.

Arts & CultureBodies & Nature

Interview

Viet Thanh Nguyen: Writing to Re-member

By Helen Scott June 17, 2019

The author discusses the refugee crisis, US foreign policy, and the problem of ‘narrative scarcity’ for marginalized and minority populations.

Lit WorldPolitics

Interview

Terese Svoboda: Writing the Desert

By Amy Brady May 14, 2019

The author and translator on the changing American region that shaped her thinking.

Climate & Environment

Interview

Binnie Kirshenbaum: “If you think you shouldn’t say something, say it.”

By Mary Wang May 13, 2019

Writer Binnie Kirshenbaum shares the drafts of her latest novel, Rabbits for Food, and talks to us about writing unreasonable characters.

Miscellaneous Files

Interview

Sheila Heti: “All of Living is Thinking”

By Kelley Deane McKinney May 7, 2019

The author discusses Judaism, visual art, and “the annoying, circular thinking that happens alongside living.”

Lit World

Interview

Laila Lalami: Home Is An In-Between World

By Anjali Enjeti May 1, 2019

The writer on migration, bigotry, and the inheritance of loss.

Lit World