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Jane Ciabattari

Jane Ciabattari
Jane Ciabattari, author of the short story collection Stealing the Fire, is a former National Book Critics Circle president (and current NBCC vice president/events), and a member of the Writers Grotto. Her reviews, interviews and cultural criticism have appeared in NPR, BBC Culture, the New York Times Book Review, the Guardian, Bookforum, Paris Review, the Washington Post, Boston Globe, and the Los Angeles Times, among other publications.


Marguerite Sheffer on Crafting a Collection of Century-Spanning Speculative Fiction

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “The Man in the Banana Trees”
November 12, 2024  By Jane Ciabattari
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Joshua Mohr on Writing a Genre-Blending Post-Modern Punk Rock Saga

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Saint the Terrifying”
October 22, 2024  By Jane Ciabattari
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Luis Jaramillo on Creating a Multigenerational Speculative Story of the Borderlands

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “The Witches of El Paso”
October 8, 2024  By Jane Ciabattari
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Richard Powers on Chronicling Our Relationship With Nature and Technology

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Playground”
September 24, 2024  By Jane Ciabattari
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Rumaan Alam on Creating a Fictional World of the One Percent

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Entitlement”
September 17, 2024  By Jane Ciabattari
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Rachel Kushner on Crafting a Philosophical Spy Novel For an Age of Environmental Anxiety

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Creation Lake”
September 4, 2024  By Jane Ciabattari
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Lena Valencia on Chronicling the Beauty and Danger of the Desert

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Mystery Lights”
August 20, 2024  By Jane Ciabattari
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Helen Phillips on Writing Speculative Fiction in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Hum”
August 6, 2024  By Jane Ciabattari
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Lev Grossman on Adapting Arthurian Legends For a World in Turmoil

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “The Bright Sword”
July 23, 2024  By Jane Ciabattari
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Laura Van Den Berg on Merging Autofiction With Speculative Fiction

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “State of Paradise”
July 16, 2024  By Jane Ciabattari
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Nina Schuyler on Giving a Voice to Nature in Fiction

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of "In This Ravishing World"
July 2, 2024  By Jane Ciabattari
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Robin Sloan on Creating an Expansive and Immersive Sci-Fi Universe

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of "Moonbound"
June 11, 2024  By Jane Ciabattari
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Morgan Talty on Writing a Native American Novel That Subverts Expectations

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of "Fire Exit"
June 4, 2024  By Jane Ciabattari
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R.O. Kwon on Writing Her Way Into a Book’s Most Truthful Version

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Exhibit”
May 21, 2024  By Jane Ciabattari
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Claire Messud on Writing the Past That Lives Within Us

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “This Strange Eventful History”
May 14, 2024  By Jane Ciabattari
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Sasha Vasilyuk on the Price of Secrecy in Russia and Ukraine

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Your Presence Is Mandatory”
April 23, 2024  By Jane Ciabattari
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Greg Sarris on Writing to Remember Our Responsibility To Each Other

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “The Forgetters”
April 5, 2024  By Jane Ciabattari
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Marie Mutsuki Mockett on Writing in Times of Sickness and Health

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “The Tree Doctor”
March 19, 2024  By Jane Ciabattari
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Rita Bullwinkel on Playing With Fictional Time

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Headshot”
March 12, 2024  By Jane Ciabattari
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Martin MacInnes on Crafting Psychologically Rich Science Fiction

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “In Ascension”
February 27, 2024  By Jane Ciabattari
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