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Maurice Ruffin, First (Literary) Citizen of New Orleans

Maurice Ruffin, First (Literary) Citizen of New Orleans

The Author of We Cast a Shadow in Conversation with Jami Attenberg

By Jami Attenberg | January 23, 2019

Thomas Kohnstamm Talks Travel Writer Burn-Out and Writing-Addiction

Thomas Kohnstamm Talks Travel Writer Burn-Out and Writing-Addiction

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | January 23, 2019

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore on AIDS, the Complacent Center-Left, and Higher Ed in the 90s (Drugs)

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore on AIDS, the Complacent Center-Left, and Higher Ed in the 90s (Drugs)

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | January 18, 2019

Sam Lipsyte on the Key to Writing:

Sam Lipsyte on the Key to Writing: "It All Has to Be the Good Part."

On Writer's Block, His Old Man Name, and Why Anyone Would Read Your Work

By Sam Lipsyte | January 17, 2019

Lauren Groff and Rachel Kushner Talk Prisons, Prairies, and Power

Lauren Groff and Rachel Kushner Talk Prisons, Prairies, and Power

In Conversation with John Freeman at the Portland Book Festival

By Literary Hub | January 16, 2019

Samanta Schweblin: There's No Place Like Home, Including Home Itself

Samanta Schweblin: There's No Place Like Home, Including Home Itself

The Author of Mouthful of Birds on Being Compared to Kafka (Among Other Things)

By Literary Hub | January 15, 2019

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David Mitchell Just Wants the Earth to Last (and Liverpool to Win the League)

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Cedar Sigo on Playfulness and Poetry

By Peter Mishler | January 11, 2019

Conversations with My Nanny

By Leïla Slimani | January 10, 2019

Decolonizing Lit Mags, Step One: Give Your Budget to Indigenous Editors

Decolonizing Lit Mags, Step One: Give Your Budget to Indigenous Editors

Danielle Geller Talks to Tony Birch About the Lifted Brow's Special Blak Brow Issue

By Danielle Geller | January 9, 2019

Tommy Pico on Performance, Life on the Road, and Learning to Write

Tommy Pico on Performance, Life on the Road, and Learning to Write

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By Otherppl with Brad Listi | January 9, 2019

Interview with a Bookstore: When the Mayor is Also a Bookseller

Interview with a Bookstore: When the Mayor is Also a Bookseller

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By Interview with a Bookstore | January 9, 2019

Sam Lipsyte, Karen Thompson Walker, and More Take the Lit Hub Questionnaire

Sam Lipsyte, Karen Thompson Walker, and More Take the Lit Hub Questionnaire

5 Writers, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

By Teddy Wayne | January 8, 2019

How Do We Write About Evil?

How Do We Write About Evil?

Ece Temelkuran in Conversation with Leland de la Durantaye

By Literary Hub | January 4, 2019

Morris Collins on the Temptations of Certainty and the Lives of the Ex-Pats

Morris Collins on the Temptations of Certainty and the Lives of the Ex-Pats

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | January 4, 2019

Brittany Ackerman Talks Anxiety, Addiction, and the Shiftiness of Memory

Brittany Ackerman Talks Anxiety, Addiction, and the Shiftiness of Memory

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