Interview

Speaking with the author of Bright, Precious Days about resisting contempt for your characters, differing degrees of infidelity, and the health of the novel in 2017.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author on her new book, Anything is Possible, being a natural observer, not judging your characters, and stand up comedy. 

The author of Birds Art Life on spark books, the art of stillness in children's literature, and collaborating with illustrators. 

The restaurateur and author of I Hear She's a Real Bitch on reclaiming the narrative, writing as catharsis and redacted nudes. 

The author of Lincoln in the Bardo on stretching out in liminal spaces, the feeling in your chest when you're working, and why writing fiction is like building a model railroad. 

Talking to the novelist behind I Love Dick and the screenwriter behind its new TV adaptation about taking the love triangle to Marfa, working out creative pain, and Kevin Bacon. 

The author of Woman No. 17 on unreliable narrators, interiors both personal and domestic, and leaning in to where a book is trying to take you. 

A wide-ranging conversation with the journalist and author about David Foster Wallace, complicated relationships with writers you love, and how the Kardashians are like St. Elsewhere.

The author of One Day We'll All Be Dead and None Of This Will Matter on the challenges of writing, the politics of meanness, and the enduring legacy of the Indi-McSpicy.