Interviews

Interviews

Rachel Cusk

The novelist on the “feminine non-state of non-being”
Merve Emre
Interviews

Elisa Gonzalez

The poet on sisterhood and grief
Maggie Millner
Interviews

Jamel Brinkley

The writer on perspective and positions of power
Elliott Holt
Interviews

Raven Leilani

On writing black interiority
Rizvana Bradley
Interviews

Fady Joudah

The poet on how the war in Gaza changed his work
Aria Aber
Interviews

Adam Shatz

The author on Frantz Fanon, revolution, violence, and the psychology of oppression
James Surowiecki

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Interviews

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Interviews

Dan Chiasson on the Poetry of Reading and the Darkness of Endless Summer

How do you turn lived experience into words?
Maggie Millner
September 18, 2020
Key Blue, by Joseph Schillinger, 1934
Interviews

Cathy Park Hong on Minor Feelings

The major weight of minor feelings
Meghan O’Rourke
June 1, 2020
A portrait of Aysegül Savas
Interviews

Aysegül Savas on Being Edited

The dangers and glories of revision
Meghan O’Rourke
April 13, 2020
Leaves on a geometric pattern
Interviews

Amy Herzog and Brenda Shaughnessy

Two writers on art and motherhood
Meghan O’Rourke
April 1, 2020
A portrait of poet Robyn schiff
Interviews

Robyn Schiff on Going Long

Precise poems in challenging times
Maggie Millner
March 3, 2020
Portrait of Craig Fehrman
Interviews

Craig Fehrman on Presidential Prose

Writings from Washington to Trump
Andrew Heisel
February 19, 2020
Portrait of Daniel Poppick
Interviews

Daniel Poppick on End Times

Art's amiable cruelty
Maggie Millner
February 12, 2020
A portrait of poet Aria Aber in sunlight
Interviews

Aria Aber on the Poetry of Exile

Writing what can't be named
Meghan O’Rourke
February 4, 2020
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Interviews

Ben Lerner on Writing and Magic Pills

The poet and novelist goes home
Catherine Barnett
January 1, 2020