On Andrew Martin’s debut novel, Early Work.

In the first installment of our multimedia interview series, Olivia Laing uses screenshots to explain how the secretarial parts of writing can be both pleasurable and productive.

Roxane Gay’s memoir is a testament to her skill with empathetic connection.

The author, scholar, and critic on her new book about personality testing, and the importance of holding women writers to high standards.

The poet on escaping the confines of academia, striving for imperfection, and moving back home.

What to do with the art of a man more monstrous than the monster he created?

The poet on perfectionism, surrendering control, and a poetry that reflects the practical realities of American life today.

Rachel Kushner's new novel, The Mars Room, is a study in empathy.

Justin Torres's We the Animals, which has been adapted into a film, is difficult to pin down — but all the more powerful for it.

The writer on resistance history in French Occitanie, dropping out to drop in, and cultivating spiritual presence as an artist.

The poet on his debut album—a tribute to and collaboration with his late wife, by The Interplanetary Acoustic Team—and the role of music in literary practice.