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Ben Lerner on Why So Many People (Rightfully) Hate Poetry

Ben Lerner on Why So Many People (Rightfully) Hate Poetry

In conversation with the MacArthur-Genius poet and novelist

By Cody Delistraty | July 14, 2016

Six Writers on the Genius of Marcel Proust

Six Writers on the Genius of Marcel Proust

Siri Hustvedt, Edmund White, Andre Aciman, Francine Prose, Aleksandar Hemon, and Daniel Mendelsohn

By Literary Hub | July 11, 2016

On Border-Crossings, Bicycles, and Appearing Naked on Your Book

On Border-Crossings, Bicycles, and Appearing Naked on Your Book

Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer Discusses His Newly Translated Novel, La Superba

By Aaron Bady | July 8, 2016

How the Writer Researches: Annie Proulx

How the Writer Researches: Annie Proulx

John Freeman Interviews the Pulitzer Prize Winner in her Snoqualmie Valley Home

By John Freeman | July 7, 2016

Nicole Dennis-Benn and Chinelo Okparanta Tell Their Own Stories

Nicole Dennis-Benn and Chinelo Okparanta Tell Their Own Stories

In Conversation on Language, Character, and the Perils of Code-Switching

By Literary Hub | July 6, 2016

The Art of the Short Story: Helen Phillips and Matthew Vollmer

The Art of the Short Story: Helen Phillips and Matthew Vollmer

On Plot Twists, "What Ifs," and Letting Oneself Get Weird

By Literary Hub | July 5, 2016

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Dead Dogs, Evil Eyes, and Writing the Ugly

By Literary Hub | June 30, 2016

The Feminist Library on Wheels: A Roaming Tool for Social Justice

By Michele Filgate | June 29, 2016

John Berger Tells a Fish Story (and More)

By John Berger | June 28, 2016

The Wife (a Writer) Interviews the Husband (Also a Writer)

The Wife (a Writer) Interviews the Husband (Also a Writer)

Carrie Brown talks with John Gregory Brown About His New Novel

By Carrie Brown | June 28, 2016

Christos Ikonomou, Accidental Prophet of a Country in Crisis

Christos Ikonomou, Accidental Prophet of a Country in Crisis

The Author of Something Will Happen, You'll See in conversation at Green Apple Books

By Literary Hub | June 23, 2016

Virginia Heffernan on the Hallucinatory Splendor of the Internet

Virginia Heffernan on the Hallucinatory Splendor of the Internet

Andrew Keen, in Conversation with the Author of Magic and Loss

By Andrew Keen | June 22, 2016

Laurie Anderson on the Time She Invented a Sport with Anne Carson

Laurie Anderson on the Time She Invented a Sport with Anne Carson

Part two of Paul Holdengraber's Conversation with an American Genius

By Literary Hub | June 22, 2016

Five Books in My Life: Lionel Shriver

Five Books in My Life: Lionel Shriver

The Catch-22 of Returning to Books Like Catch-22

By Lionel Shriver | June 21, 2016

Erik Axl Sund is Actually 2 Emotionally Astute, Middle-Aged Punk-Rockers

Erik Axl Sund is Actually 2 Emotionally Astute, Middle-Aged Punk-Rockers

Speaking with the Collaborative Authors of The Crow Girl

By Ilana Masad | June 16, 2016

Laurie Anderson on Childhood, Storytelling, and Hiding in Plain Sight

Laurie Anderson on Childhood, Storytelling, and Hiding in Plain Sight

Paul Holdengraber in Conversation with One of America's Great Artists

By Literary Hub | June 15, 2016

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