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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.


Abraham Verghese on Marrying Medicine With Literature

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of The Covenant of Water
May 16, 2023  By Jane Ciabattari
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T.C. Boyle on Surviving and Satirizing the Climate Crisis

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Blue Skies
May 2, 2023  By Jane Ciabattari
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Ramona Ausubel on the Complexity of Families Both Human and Non-

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of The Last Animal
April 18, 2023  By Jane Ciabattari
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Charles Frazier on How the Past Converses With the Present

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of The Trackers
April 4, 2023  By Jane Ciabattari
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Laura Spence-Ash on Crafting an Epic Family Saga

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Beyond That, the Sea
March 28, 2023  By Jane Ciabattari
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Mona Simpson on the Role of Research in Novel Writing

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Commitment
March 21, 2023  By Jane Ciabattari
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Idra Novey on Characters Who Hear and Mishear Each Other

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Take What You Need
March 7, 2023  By Jane Ciabattari
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Heinz Insu Fenkl on Exploring Memory, Identity, and Inter-Generational Trauma in Korea

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Skull Water
February 28, 2023  By Jane Ciabattari
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Asale Angel-Ajani on the Push and Pull of Mother-Daughter Relationships

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of A Country You Can Leave
February 14, 2023  By Jane Ciabattari
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Dawn Raffel on Constructing Cities, Real and Imagined

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Boundless as the Sky
January 31, 2023  By Jane Ciabattari
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Kathryn Ma on Writing (Un)Reliable Optimistic Narrators

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of The Chinese Groove
January 17, 2023  By Jane Ciabattari
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Susanne Pari on Iran’s Rich History of Feminist Rebellion

The Author of In the Time of Our History Talks to Jane Ciabattari
January 3, 2023  By Jane Ciabattari
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Rae Meadows on Immersing Herself in the World of Soviet Gymnastics

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Winterland
December 20, 2022  By Jane Ciabattari
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Writing the Historical Mystery Novel: Jane Smiley Explains Her Process

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of A Dangerous Business
December 6, 2022  By Jane Ciabattari
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Novelist Katy Hays on What Tarot Tells Us About Ourselves

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of The Cloisters
November 22, 2022  By Jane Ciabattari
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David Treuer on Revisiting and Republishing His Debut Novel

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Little
November 1, 2022  By Jane Ciabattari
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Manuel Muñoz on Writing Through Uncertainty

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of The Consequences
October 25, 2022  By Jane Ciabattari
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Lydia Millet on Long Extinct Creatures and Boundaries Real and Imaginary

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Dinosaurs
October 11, 2022  By Jane Ciabattari
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Namwali Serpell on the Complex Processes That Create Fiction

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of The Furrows: An Elegy
September 27, 2022  By Jane Ciabattari
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Ling Ma on Patterns of Return and the Ways Speculative Fiction Helps Illuminate Real Life

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Bliss Montage
September 13, 2022  By Jane Ciabattari
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