Anna Fitzpatrick

'There is a Mercilessness About Talent': An Interview with David Lipsky

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.

'It's Both Excruciating and the Opposite of Excruciating': An Interview with Darcie Wilder

Speaking with the author of literally show me a healthy person about the genesis of her new book, the power in learning to talk about yourself, and the joys and perils of growing up online.

The Year in Broken Hungarian

When people asked me why I had come to Budapest, I told them it made sense at the time. 

A User's Guide to Shirley Jackson

The author wrote what she knew, but also what she believed, what she feared, and what she was constantly trying to run away from.

A Quiet Force

Remembering Katherine Dunn.

The Year in Reading Infinite Jest

I wouldn't be depressed so long as I had this insurmountable mission in front of me. 

A Book About Writers That Even Civilians Can Enjoy

Ben Lerner's 10:04 is about a writer writing about being a writer writing. So what makes it so good?

The Outside of Inside Jokes

Laughing with and at outsiders in Cristina Henríquez’s Book of Unknown Americans and Anita Loos's Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.