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“You Just Do Language.” Lauren Groff on Craft, Reading, and Her New Collection

“You Just Do Language.” Lauren Groff on Craft, Reading, and Her New Collection

Eric Olson Profiles the Author of Brawler

By Eric Olson | February 23, 2026

Is Artistic Ego a Faustian Bargain? Karl Ove Knausgaard on Plot, Narcissism, and His New Novel

Is Artistic Ego a Faustian Bargain? Karl Ove Knausgaard on Plot, Narcissism, and His New Novel

Eric Olson Profiles the Author of The School of Night

By Eric Olson | January 14, 2026

Patricia Lockwood on Drawing From Tolstoy and Avoiding “the Butthole of the Universe”

Patricia Lockwood on Drawing From Tolstoy and Avoiding “the Butthole of the Universe”

Eric Olson Profiles the Author of “Will There Ever Be Another You”

By Eric Olson | September 23, 2025

Form, Method, and Metafiction: Talking Craft and Completion with Ed Park

Form, Method, and Metafiction: Talking Craft and Completion with Ed Park

Eric Olson Profiles the Author of “An Oral History of Atlantis”

By Eric Olson | July 30, 2025

“Only That Which Does Not Teach Is Irresistible.” Charlotte Wood on Faith, Mortality, and Her Booker-Shortlisted Novel

“Only That Which Does Not Teach Is Irresistible.” Charlotte Wood on Faith, Mortality, and Her Booker-Shortlisted Novel

Eric Olson Talks to the Author of “Stone Yard Devotional”

By Eric Olson | February 14, 2025

Neal Stephenson Jumps From Speculative Fancy to Strange History

Neal Stephenson Jumps From Speculative Fancy to Strange History

Eric Olson Talks to the Author of “Polostan”

By Eric Olson | November 8, 2024

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