Interview

'We Must Have a Desire to Make Scale Models of the Universe': An Interview with George Saunders

The author of Lincoln in the Bardo on stretching out in liminal spaces, the feeling in your chest when you're working, and why writing fiction is like building a model railroad. 

Infatuation is a Gateway Drug to Writing: An Interview with Chris Kraus and Sarah Gubbins

Talking to the novelist behind I Love Dick and the screenwriter behind its new TV adaptation about taking the love triangle to Marfa, working out creative pain, and Kevin Bacon. 

'The Novel is a Hysterical House of Mirrors': An Interview with Edan Lepucki

The author of Woman No. 17 on unreliable narrators, interiors both personal and domestic, and leaning in to where a book is trying to take you. 

'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.

'I’m Fun If You’re a Dour Weirdo': An Interview with Scaachi Koul

The author of One Day We'll All Be Dead and None Of This Will Matter on the challenges of writing, the politics of meanness, and the enduring legacy of the Indi-McSpicy.

'This Brave New World Has Some of the Worst Aspects of the Old Way of Doing Things': An Interview with Doree Shafrir

The author of Startup on gender inequality, tech culture and the shifting world of journalism. 

'Trump Has Allowed a Different Public Face to America's Morality': An Interview with Eden Collinsworth

Speaking with the author of Behaving Badly about the spread of misinformation and what drone strikes and clever robots have to teach us about the future of ethics.

'You Write Your Way Into a Certain Kind of Clarity': An Interview with Paul Auster

Talking with the author of 4 3 2 1 about unfair criticism, being haunted by what-ifs, and the stuffy conventions of modern American fiction.

'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.

'When You're Writing, Everything is in Retrospect': An Interview with Durga Chew-Bose

The author of Too Much and Not the Mood on restlessness, heritable belongings and interior life.