Interview

In Defense of Imagination

By Ada Limon August 16, 2017

The poets Matthew Zapruder and Ada Limón discuss Zapruder’s new prose book, Why Poetry.

Lit World

Interview

Jeff VanderMeer: Life Apocalyptic

By Puloma Mukherjee August 7, 2017

The writer dubbed the “Weird Thoreau” on ecological fiction and the cult of climate-change denial.

Arts & CultureClimate & Environment

Interview

Inclusion in Action

By Gillie Collins July 26, 2017

The lawyer, teacher, and organizer Maggie Moroff on the fight to make New York City schools more accessible.

Education

Interview

Mithkal Alzghair: Dancing Displacement

By Sara Elkamel July 25, 2017

The Syrian choreographer on his latest performance.

Arts & CultureMENAPolitics

Interview

Luljeta Lleshanaku: Words Are Delicate Instruments

By Lucia Duero July 24, 2017

The Albanian poet speaks to her translator about coming of age under dictatorship and understanding her own words in another language.

EuropeLit World

Interview

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

By Dan Sheehan and Téa Obreht July 20, 2017

Téa Obreht and Dan Sheehan consider the finest on-camera smooches.

The Kiss Arts & CultureSex

Interview

William E. Jones: Urgency and Impermanence

By Jordan A. Rothacker July 19, 2017

Filmmaker, artist, and writer William E. Jones discusses his new film.

Arts & Culture

Interview

Sara Ahmed: Notes from a Feminist Killjoy

By Nishta J. Mehra July 17, 2017

The feminist scholar on bridging theory and ordinary life, and the pervasive myth that feminism originated in white culture.

GenderPolitics

Interview

Leslie T. Sharpe: If the Critters Fail, We Are All Going to Fail

By Daniela Petrova July 3, 2017

The naturalist on our vital relationship to wildlife, economic arguments for preservation, and why nature is “America’s moral compass.”

Bodies & NatureClimate & Environment

Interview

Interrogating the Limits of Trauma Language

By Rowan Renee, Lois Braverman, and Mila Zuo July 1, 2017

A conversation on sexual abuse narratives in art making and storytelling

Bodies & NatureFamily & RelationshipsSex

Interview

Victoria Redel: The Lifelong Power of Female Friendships

By Annie DeWitt June 27, 2017

The writer on making hard choices, being raised by feminists, and her latest novel's newfound wisdom.

Arts & CultureFamily & RelationshipsGender