Dealing in Radical Truths: An Interview with Steve Almond
The author of the 2011 collection, God Bless America, Almond discusses the author-editor relationship, the death of the American Dream, and Jane Austen. And that’s just for starters.
The author of the 2011 collection, God Bless America, Almond discusses the author-editor relationship, the death of the American Dream, and Jane Austen. And that’s just for starters.
Jim Krusoe’s twelfth book, the novel Parsifal, launches into Unreal territory. The author on Kafka, dreams, playing the lotto, and why he’s given up motorcycles.
Author of the debut novel, We Sinners, Hanna Pylväinen talks about fiction’s relationship to truth, moving past doubt in her work, and how writing a sincere moment of religious experience is even trickier than writing a sex scene.
What is wrong with that story? One of these three common mistakes may be holding it hostage.
Finalist for the PEN/Hemingway, Stephanie Powell Watts talks about her debut collection, Elvis as tragic hero, and authenticity in storytelling.
Gadgets, online personae, and constant motion threaten the extinction of solitude. Does our need for incessant connection threaten creativity?
Alix Ohlin’s new novel, Inside and her story collection
What do books about octogenarians share with teen vampire novels? Four recent books with more angst than a high school cafeteria.
Debut novelist Christopher Hebert on writing a revolution, the industry of passive characters, and people who put trees above human life.
Author Hisham Matar discusses the Libyan Revolution’s effect on writing novels, the difference between reading and talking, and why he does not identify as an intellectual.
