Aaron Burch talks with friend and fellow writer Matt Bell about the release of his debut novel, In the House upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods, as well as where the personal intersects the fictional, why empathy matters, and writing in new directions.
Richard Bausch once said, “Bad politics hurt human beings and good writers report that damage.” Ru Freeman agrees. In this interview with fellow author Tania James, Freeman talks about her new novel, On Sal Mal Lane, the early influence of words, and where history and story intersect.
Cristina García talks about her newest novel, King of Cuba, “total Fidel Castro immersion,” the centrality of poetry to her life and work, and how her scholarly and journalistic background has helped her writing.
Natalie Bakopoulos’s debut novel, The Green Shore, is just out in paperback in the US, and has been recently released in Bulgaria as Зеленият бряг. Bistra Velichkova talks with Bakopoulos about her recent time in Bulgaria as a Sozopol Fiction Seminar Fellow, and the historical events of the military dictatorship of Greece (1967-1973) that inspired her novel.
Angel Igov talks with Steve Wingate about his first book translated into English, A Short Tale of Shame, as well as history as a branch of knowledge, the influence of high modernism, the role of critics, and more
Elliott Holt discusses writing You Are One of Them, her debut novel about friendship and propaganda during the Cold War, with friend and fellow writer Laura van den Berg.
Acclaimed fiction writer Rick Moody continues his conversation with debut author Jonathan Callahan, author of The Consummation of Dirk, which won the 8th Starcherone Prize for Innovative Fiction, in Part II of their interview. The two writers discuss the qualities of a great paragraph, correctly deployed endings, and more. They have never met.
Acclaimed fiction writer Rick Moody speaks with debut author Jonathan Callahan, author of The Consummation of Dirk, which won the 8th Starcherone Prize for Innovative Fiction, about “conventional” writing, accomplishing something that makes one “feel worthy to be alive,” and influences, among other things. They have never met.
Slice magazine co-founders and co-publishers Maria Gagliano and Celia Blue Johnson discuss the highs of running their literary magazine, the origin of its name, what’s new at the magazine, and what’s to come.
Nick Ostdick talks with Katey Schultz about her debut collection, Flashes of War, the choice of flash fiction as a form, and what makes a story worth telling.
Sarah Gerkensmeyer discusses the junction between the domestic and the weird in her debut collection of stories, What You are Now Enjoying, which was recently long-listed for The Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award.
Danielle LaVaque-Monty talks with Jeanne Sirotkin about the relationship between poetry and fiction, the “awareness of the marvelous,” and the role of epiphany in her work.
