Books

Talking to the poet and critic about his new book of poetry, Pink Trance Notebooks, identifying with "wounded speakers," and the mind as a demonically possessed Siamese twin.

Talking about rape culture, the overblown fear of false accusations, and using humour to make the unthinkable thinkable with the author of Asking For It. 

When it comes to erotic work by female authors, users on critical online forums can have trouble separating artists from their art.

Remembering Frederick Exley’s Frank Gifford and Frederick Exley’s Frederick Exley.

The most privileged among us take the history of their family names for granted. For many, we're lucky to find a foothold even in fiction.

I was excited to exist as a non-religious writer, free of the idea that my words might “save” someone. Which is why I was surprised when, recently, I realized I was acting like a religious person.

The notorious punk novelist was as uncompromising in death as she was in life.

A career-spanning talk with the author of The Swimming-Pool Library and The Stranger's Child.

Outside of (unfairly maligned) genre work, literature has historically been seen as a solitary calling rather than a collaborative one. That seems to be changing, and we're all the better for it.