Interview

'History Unaddressed Recurs': An Interview with Isabel Wilkerson

Speaking to the author of Caste about the insufficiencies of the term "racism," objectivity versus balance, and the opportunities America's coming demographic shift presents.

‘People are Grappling with Losing the Life They Had Before’: An Interview with Karolina Waclawiak

The author of Life Events on grieving, exit guides, and the way we think about death. 

'Haunted Literature Can Be a Powerful Medium for Looking at the Ignored': An Interview with Laura van den Berg

The author of I Hold a Wolf by the Ears on spectral encounters and exorcisms, America’s rejection of history, travel literature, and boxing.  

'As Writers, Do We Have a Responsibility to the Dead?': An Interview with Sara O'Leary

The author of The Ghost in the House on acts of grace, territorial tendencies, and the silver lining in things being temporary.

‘In Isolation, Everything Has More Meaning’: An Interview with Ottessa Moshfegh

The author of Death in Her Hands on putting characters in blank spaces, crime solving, and consumption. 

'The Promises of Pleasure, Freedom, Excitement, Opportunity, and Encounter': An Interview with Leslie Kern

The author of Feminist City on intersectional urban planning, care work, and feminist geography. 

‘The Most Honest Version of How Other People See Us’: An Interview with Naoise Dolan

The author of Exciting Times on spreading goodwill, navigating and honouring difference, and the lie of meritocracy.

'There Are Plenty of Readers For Whom Plot is Not the Be-All and End-All': An Interview with Eimear McBride

Talking to the author of Strange Hotel about the tolerance and patience of readers, writing "difficult" books, and the urgency that comes with age.

'You Can Sing an Alternate Reality': An Interview with Sasha Geffen

Talking to the author of Glitter Up the Dark about Savage Garden as entry-point to fandom, missing shitty clubs in the midst of a pandemic, and Britney Spears's communist reblogs.