Interview

'Power Isn't Necessarily a Blunt-Force Instrument': An Interview with Te-Ping Chen

Talking to the author of Land of Big Numbers about blurring the boundaries between realism and fabulism, living in perpetual awareness of the state, and traveling in China as time travel.

'How Much Suffering is Acceptable?': An Interview with Melissa Broder

The author of Milk Fed on eating disorders, stand up comedy, and masturbating while your block is on fire. 

'It Was Like Playing Around with the Blood of the Alphabet Itself': An Interview with Patricia Lockwood

Talking to the author of No One Is Talking About This about transcendent misspellings, the perils of mentioning McDonald's in poetry, and the Internet at its best.

'There's Been a Kind of Erasure of the Pervert': An Interview with Jeremy Atherton Lin

Talking to the author of Gay Bar about the complexities of queer spaces, the relationship between capitalist culture and liberation, and the thrill and privilege of engaging with risk.

'Speak Within the Group and Everyone Else Can Keep Up': An Interview with Torrey Peters

The author of Detransition, Baby on a trans worldview, resisting investing in illusions, and novellas-as-conversation. 

‘The Last Gasp of Capital Punishment’: An Interview with Maurice Chammah

The author of Let the Lord Sort Them on the death penalty, Texas mythology, and retribution as organizing principle. 

'Fantasies of Being Found Out': An Interview with Lauren Oyler

Talking to the author of Fake Accounts about writing for magazines versus writing a novel, leaning too heavily on structural devices in fiction, and books that could use more sentences.

‘Brief, Driving, Often Angry’: An Interview with Richard Hell

The musician, writer, and actor on revision, truth, and liking books more than people. 

‘We Act Consciously on the Page and in Life’: An Interview with Matthew Salesses

The author of Craft in the Real World on revision, breaking habits, and fixing the writing workshop.

'There's Some Kind of Evil Behind Every Great Work of Art': An Interview with Alex Ross

Talking to the author of Wagnerism about uncovering counter-narratives, keeping a healthy skepticism of your relationship with art, and totalitarian intolerance of eccentric creativity.