Interview

'There Are Universal Human Roots for Every Problem': An Interview with Zinzi Clemmons

The author of What We Lose on identities, the inability to be cured of grief, and abortion as a debate between something and nothing.

'It's Not Magic, It's About Proximity to Truth': An Interview with Sarah Meehan Sirk

The author of The Dead Husband Project on Sartre, motherhood and solving proofs. 

'There Have Always Existed People Who’ve Simply Wanted to be Alone': An Interview with Michael Finkel

Talking to the author of The Stranger in the Woods about the hermit subject of his new book, what it takes to survive 27 years in solitude, and finding contentment in isolation.

'There's a Lot of Lazy Writing About Gentrification': An Interview with Brandon Harris

The author of Making Rent in Bed-Stuy on how places change people, and how people change places. 

'Really Small Books Can Be Just as Ambitious as Big Ones': An Interview with Rachel Khong

The former Lucky Peach editor and author of Goodbye, Vitamin on being a better adult, the differences between writing about food and fiction, and the adhesiveness of baby carrots.

'Information is Always Currency': An Interview with Don Winslow

Talking with the author of The Force about the real origins of mass incarceration, levels of corruption in law enforcement, and the most difficult conversations he's had with police officers.

‘Here Lies a Bitch Who Loved Convenience’: An Interview with Samantha Irby

The author of We Are Never Meeting in Real Life on being a New York Times Best Seller, ordering off the dollar menu, and pickling. 

'Heartbreak is Pedestrian, Even Though It Feels Profound': An Interview with Mandy Len Catron

The author of How to Fall in Love with Anyone on Master of None, the need for more diverse love stories and being skeptical of gut feelings.

'We Take These Words to Empower Ourselves': An Interview with Kristen J. Sollee

The author of Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive on intersectional feminism, modern-day witchcraft, and defining occulture. 

'Sadness Sharpens Into Anger Very Quickly': An Interview with Pasha Malla

The author of Fugue States on upending Diaspora clichés, disingenuous narrative arcs, and dharma.