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Writing the Historical Mystery Novel: Jane Smiley Explains Her Process

Writing the Historical Mystery Novel: Jane Smiley Explains Her Process

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of A Dangerous Business

By Jane Ciabattari | December 6, 2022

Novelist Katy Hays on What Tarot Tells Us About Ourselves

Novelist Katy Hays on What Tarot Tells Us About Ourselves

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of The Cloisters

By Jane Ciabattari | November 22, 2022

David Treuer on Revisiting and Republishing His Debut Novel

David Treuer on Revisiting and Republishing His Debut Novel

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Little

By Jane Ciabattari | November 1, 2022

Manuel Muñoz on Writing Through Uncertainty

Manuel Muñoz on Writing Through Uncertainty

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of The Consequences

By Jane Ciabattari | October 25, 2022

Lydia Millet on Long Extinct Creatures and Boundaries Real and Imaginary

Lydia Millet on Long Extinct Creatures and Boundaries Real and Imaginary

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Dinosaurs

By Jane Ciabattari | October 11, 2022

Namwali Serpell on the Complex Processes That Create Fiction

Namwali Serpell on the Complex Processes That Create Fiction

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of The Furrows: An Elegy

By Jane Ciabattari | September 27, 2022

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Ling Ma on Patterns of Return and the Ways Speculative Fiction Helps Illuminate Real Life

By Jane Ciabattari | September 13, 2022

Jonathan Escoffery on Navigating Identity, Blackness, and Literary Fame

By Jane Ciabattari | September 6, 2022

Sidik Fofana on Crafting Distinct and Unforgettable Literary Voices

By Jane Ciabattari | August 16, 2022

Marianne Wiggins on Completing a Novel After Suffering a Stroke and Finding Inspiration In California’s Dry Terrain

Marianne Wiggins on Completing a Novel After Suffering a Stroke and Finding Inspiration In California’s Dry Terrain

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Properties of Thirst

By Jane Ciabattari | August 2, 2022

Teddy Wayne on Loving the Outcasts

Teddy Wayne on Loving the Outcasts

The Author of The Great Man Theory talks to Jane Ciabattari

By Jane Ciabattari | July 26, 2022

Morgan Talty on Capturing the Uniqueness of Tribal Settings and Finding the Logic of a Story

Morgan Talty on Capturing the Uniqueness of Tribal Settings and Finding the Logic of a Story

The Author of Night of the Living Rez Talks to Jane Ciabattari

By Jane Ciabattari | July 12, 2022

Joseph Han on American Imperialism and the Korean Forever War

Joseph Han on American Imperialism and the Korean Forever War

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Nuclear Family

By Jane Ciabattari | June 28, 2022

Kirstin Chen on Shattering the Model Minority Myth

Kirstin Chen on Shattering the Model Minority Myth

The Author of Counterfeit Talks to Jane Ciabattari

By Jane Ciabattari | June 14, 2022

Marie Myung-Ok Lee on the Challenge of Writing Satire in Present-Day America

Marie Myung-Ok Lee on the Challenge of Writing Satire in Present-Day America

The Author of The Evening Hero in Conversation with Jane Ciabattari

By Jane Ciabattari | June 1, 2022

The 2022 Bay Area Book Festival in Six Acts

The 2022 Bay Area Book Festival in Six Acts

Jane Ciabattari Documents Conversation, Community, and Celebration at the Best Fest in the West

By Jane Ciabattari | May 25, 2022

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