The baby had come from a place none of us could remember. Our grandmother was headed there.
The author of Mother of God discusses the limitations of realism, Frank Bidart, and the anguished duality of shame.
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The baby had come from a place none of us could remember. Our grandmother was headed there.
The author of Mother of God discusses the limitations of realism, Frank Bidart, and the anguished duality of shame.
Standing in the wreckage of these spaces unlocks a sensation people often crave, but can’t name.
It’s an imagined past, a pastoral imaginary, an alternate timeline in the multiverse.
“Bird,” he cried, “I come on behalf of the emperor. Your voice is all anyone speaks of.”
Talking to the author of Pure Life about brand names as verbal death, distrusting omniscience in fiction, and elite semicolon use.
Join us to see the Pure Life author discuss his new novel with Defector editor David Roth in an exclusive virtual event.
The author of Virology on science fiction metaphors, the fascism of wellness culture, and our intimate relationship to viruses.
Writing and whoring—selling a body or a body of work—what’s the difference?
