From the Archives: Renowned for her stirring and insightful stories about Haitian life, Edwidge Danticat recently turned her eye to genre as the editor of Haiti Noir, part of Akashic Books’ noir series. The book was published in December, following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Danticat discusses the disaster’s impact on the book and the way that noir captures some of the mystery, darkness and complexity of her homeland.
From the Archives: The debut novelist talks to Zachary Watterson about writing religions, communities, and landscapes not his own, all with complexity and compassion.
From the Archives: “So the story was an experiment in that way too. I put a lot more of my own life in it”: Kelly Link talks with Alice Sola Kim about her new collection, Get In Trouble, and more.
From the Archives: “When structure is done well, it should be like architecture: you sense the overall feel of the building—tall, or airy, or strong—but you’re not looking at the buttresses that hold it up or the seams where parts are fastened together.”
David Huebert and Brad Roach discuss the climate crisis, character research, and Huebert’s latest collection, Chemical Valley.
Polly Stewart talks with May Cobb about her new novel, The Hunting Wives, as part of Stewart’s “Women Crime Writers” series.
“I think each of us speak multiple languages. Not necessarily whole different tongues like Russian and English, but we speak different glosses. I like to think of those as languages.” Ian Ross Singleton talks with Cameron Finch about his debut novel, Two Big Differences.
“Sometimes I read pronouncements on Twitter like, ‘Let’s face it, there’s no reason a book should ever be 500 pages long,’ and I always think, of course there should be 500-page books. And fifteen-page books. There should be every kind of book.” Jenny Shank talks with Paula Younger about her new collection.
“While I admire a good dystopia as much as the next politically disillusioned person, I think the future needs the power of our imaginations to generate hopeful alternatives.” Melissa Scholes Young talks with Joy Castro about her new novel, Flight Risk.
Polly Stewart talks with Laura McHugh about her new book, What’s Done in Darkness, as part of Stewart’s “Women Crime Writers” series.
Becky Hagenston and Erin Flanagan sit down to talk about Hagenston’s latest collection, The Age of Discovery, process and routine, and more.
Ruth Linnea Whitney and Nancy Kilgore discuss Bitter Magic, Kilgore’s third novel.
