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.

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Essay

How I Wrote Certain of My (Fake) Poems

By Lucy Ives June 14, 2019

The author of Loudermilk reflects on “the weirdest form of history writing” she's ever done.

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Review

Guadalupe Nettel and the Extraterritoriality of Latin America

By Valeria Luiselli, translated from the Spanish by Samuel Rutter May 23, 2019

In “After the Winter,” the novelist imagines a new relationship with ghosts, literary and otherwise.

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Review

In Search of an Ending

By Adam Dalva May 13, 2019

T Kira Madden's Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls charts a new path forward for millennial memoirs.

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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.”

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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.

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Interview

Fernando A. Flores: “The oldest stories of this land were fantastical in essence”

By KrisAnne Madaus April 26, 2019

An emerging voice in fiction discusses writing as performance, translating rhythm into narrative, and writing the “anti-research” novel.

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Interview

David Shields: Men Should Acknowledge Their Brokenness

By Cathy Alter April 16, 2019

The author discusses marriage, #MeToo, and how we are all vectors on a vast grid of animal drives.

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Interview

Leanne Shapton: “The mix of proof, shock, and totally crappy images.”

By Mary Wang April 12, 2019

Writer and illustrator Leanne Shapton gives us a tour through her studio and shows us her mock layouts, her collection of ghost stories, and the pile of scrapbooks she found on Etsy.

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Interview

Back Draft: Edward Hirsch

By Ben Purkert and Edward Hirsch April 5, 2019

The poet discusses insomnia, civility (or the lack thereof) in cities, and losing his sight.

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Interview

Morgan Parker: “In the back of my mind I’m on a slave ship, yet I’m also here just telling you how it is.” 

By Sasha Bonét March 22, 2019

Poet Morgan Parker shares a collection of screenshots that feed her audacity and fuel her despair.

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