Books

An image of the cover of ONE DAY, EVERYONE WILL ALWAYS HAVE BEEN AGAINST THIS beside a portrait of the author, against a black background, wearing a waffle print shirt
The Lie of the Rules-Based Order: An Interview with Omar El Akkad

The author of One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This on euphemistic violence, Western hypocrisy, and personal complicity.

A portrait of author Hisham Matar, seated in a chair in front of an abstract background of birds and circles.
The Missing

A User's Guide to Hisham Matar

A painting of a man kneeling, surrounded by a circle of legs. He wears a white tank top and there is blood on his body.
Writing a Novel With Pictures

Smuggling contraband in from the realm of the actual.

An image of the author Michael Crummey, beside the cover of his latest novel
'It Is My Responsibility As A Parent': An Interview with Michael Crummey

The author of The Adversary on writing in the Anthropocene, crafting an unforgivable villain, and taking your place in the protest line. 

An image of Zalika Reid Benta and the cover of her novel, River Mumma
'I Have This Thing About Water': An Interview with Zalika Reid-Benta

The author of River Mumma on the demonization of traditional medicines, cities as characters, and quarter-life crises. 

An image of author Claudia Dey, in a black blouse and black leather pants, sitting on a table, beside the cover of her book Daughter
‘The More Sheared a Line, the More Life It Can Hold’: An Interview with Claudia Dey

The author of Daughter on writing as channeling, emails as gunfire, and emotional math. 

Cat eyes peering out of a field of shooting stars
Cat Fox Neutrino

Searching for a new literary realism in the Anthropocene.  

The book covers for City in Flames and Quality Time
The Space Between People

Tomas Hachard (author of City in Flames) and Suzannah Showler (author of Quality Time) on cities as places of invention, real feelings under unreal conditions, and how to reconceptualize adulthood. 

Allie Rowbottom and the cover of Aesthetica
‘I Resist Through Exploration’: An Interview with Allie Rowbottom

The author of Aesthetica on stardom and online hate, conflict between feminisms, and the evergreen currency of a woman’s image.

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A Brief History of the Clinch

On the most iconic image in romance novel history.