Interview

“We’re all come-from-aways somewhere down the line”—Talking with Jem Cohen

The experimental filmmaker discusses his latest project, the live-scored We Have An Anchor, plus the disjunctures of time and space as experienced in cinema, and why despite working with bands like Fugazi, R.E.M., and The Ex, he’ll never consider himself a music video director.

“It’s not like, here’s Anti-Tintin”: An Interview with Charles Burns

The artist and author of Black Hole discusses his latest book, The Hive, plus TinTin, his past as a punk, and forays into performance art. Also: disturbing images, romance comics, and the bizarre but sadly short-lived OK Soda.

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The Weirdest Comedian of Comedy

Maria Bamford's humour is dark, unsettling, and—given her skill as an impressionist—charmingly silly. So far this has meant fewer sitcom roles, but it has made her one of the most interesting and beloved stand-up comics working today.

Jancis, Genius of Wine

A conversation with wine expert Jancis Robinson—author of at least 22 books, most recently Wine Grapes—on the wine renaissance, advising the royals, and the difference between tasting and drinking (and getting drunk).

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Paul Auster: Memoir as Musical Composition

The author discusses Brooklyn, baseball, writing autobiographically, and why he has never written a memoir.

What is Revolution?

Following a year of global revolution, a new 1,200-page collection—featuring writings from Angela Davis to Kathy Acker to William Hazlitt—is both an examination of, and a guide to, revolutionary thought. Here, a conversation with creators Lisa Robertson and Matthew Stadler.

“The most terrifying kid in a yarmulke!”: An interview with Nathan Englander

In Toronto for Holocaust Education Week, the author of What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank speaks about Nora Ephron, global fiction, hoodlums, and how the past is always present.

Writing Lyrics to Writing Novels: A Conversation with Jo Nesbø

Already a successful stockbroker, Jo Nesbø first cut his teeth singing songs and writing lyrics for Norwegian rock band Di Derre (Those Guys). A jet-lagged Nesbø talks about the origins of Harry Hole, the protagonist in so many of his dark thrillers, and how he got into writing in the first place with the only recently translated The Bat.