Interview

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Artist as Shaman: The Illuminations of Shary Boyle

As her exhibition representing Canada at the 55th Venice Biennale opens, we talk with Shary Boyle about the inspiration behind her new work, what passes for the avant garde these days, and how doing Venice has distracted her from turning forty.

||Walter Scott
The Internet is Under Attack: Ron Deibert on the Closed-Down Web

The Citizen Lab director speaks with Wired columnist and New York Times Magazine contributing writer Clive Thompson about cybercrime, online surveillance, and why we might need a new Internet.

Karen Russell Comes Out From the Swamp

Hazlitt talks to the much celebrated Swamplandia! author about outsider art, her latest collection of stories, horror films, and the escapism of writing a novel.

Claire Messud Gets Angry

The author talks to Hazlitt about her new book, The Woman Upstairs, girl-crush relationships, and eating in the bathtub.

How to Escape From North Korea

The Defector director Ann Shin talks to Hazlitt about the human smugglers who extract people from the DPRK, why so many defectors are women, and where those who leave go next.

Authenticity and Flights of Anger: An Interview with Marc Maron

The comedian speaks to Hazlitt about his new book, his new TV show, adapting his storytelling style from one medium to the next, and when killing yourself for your art might be the right call.

Kathleen Hanna Is Still Alive

An interview with Sini Anderson, director of The Punk Singer, a documentary about the riot grrrl icon's life and work.

It's Not About the Guy: Sex in S.E.C.R.E.T.

The first in a new series in which authors and their editors discuss process, publishing, and what went on behind-the-scenes of a new work. First up: Lisa Gabriele, aka L. Marie Adeline, author of S.E.C.R.E.T., dishes with editor Nita Pronovost.

Taiye Selasi: Writing Displacement and Getting Over the Agony of Being Misunderstood

Hazlitt talks with the author of Ghana Must Go about transnationalism, identity, and why we can’t escape our families.