An interview with poet and scholar Jennifer Chang about her Pulitzer Prize in Poetry finalist collection An Authentic Life
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OLIVIA CLARE FRIEDMAN's AN ARM FIXED TO A WING
Olivia Clare Friedman discusses the elegies, nostalgias, present moments, & experiences of motherhood in her book An Arm Fixed to a Wing
DOBBY GIBSON's HOLD EVERYTHING
Poet Dobby Gibson in conversation with Isabelle Sakelaris about the multitudes of forms & methods in the works from his latest collection, Hold Everything
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ Amanda Ekery on her new album Árabe, an exploration of Syrian & Mexican shared history & culture
Musician Amanda Ekery discusses Árabe, her new album exploring Syrian & Mexican shared history & culture
Jehanne Dubrow's explorations of being a modern military spouse in CIVILIANS
Isabelle Sakelaris in conversation with poet Jehanne Dubrow about her collection Civilians, the final volume in her groundbreaking trilogy about the experience of being a modern military spouse
At the nexus of assimilation and ambition: Kevin Nguyen on MY DOCUMENTS
Author Kevin Nguyen in conversation with Nirica Srinivasan about his new novel, My Documents
How technological capitalism shapes & exploits human existence: Vauhini Vara on her new book SEARCHES
A very in-depth and timely conversation with author Vauhini Vara about Searches, a work of journalism and memoir focusing on how big technology companies are changing our understanding of our selves and our communities
The sharp precisions in BOOK OF POTIONS
Poet, fiction writer, essayist and translator Lauren K. Watel in conversation with Nirica Srinivasan about her debut prose poetry collection, Book of Potions
The uneasy timeliness of ELEGY, SOUTHWEST
Author Madeleine Watts in conversation with Nirica Srinivasan about the uneasy timeliness of her new novel Elegy, Southwest
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ artist Heather Benjamin discusses NEW STRANGENESS BLOOM
Artist Heather Benjamin in conversation with Tyler Nesler about the works in her first solo show at NYC's Olympia Gallery, New Strangeness Bloom
HIGHLIGHTS of 2024
Check out our recap of 2024’s standout coverage
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ Talia Lavin
Logan Royce Beitmen interviews author & journalist Talia Lavin about her new book Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America, an investigation of the Christian Right’s ascent over the last half-century & the grim vision evangelicals are now attempting to enforce in the United States
JoAnna Novak on DOMESTIREXIA
Isabelle Sakelaris in conversation with poet JoAnna Novak about her latest collection, DOMESTIREXIA
Censored? Shadowbanned? Elizabeth Larison of the NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST CENSORSHIP Discusses How to Fight Back
Elizabeth Larison, Director of the National Coalition Against Censorship’s Arts & Culture Advocacy Program, talks in-depth with Logan Royce Beitmen about leading initiatives in advising & educating artists on how to address the presentation of controversial works
The vital restlessness of MARGARET ROSS
A conversation with poet Margaret Ross about her recent collection, Saturday
Catriona Shine discusses the shifting architectures of HABITAT
Author Catriona Shine talks with Nirica Srinivasan about her debut novel Habitat
Molly McGhee on JONATHAN ABERNATHY YOU ARE KIND
Molly McGhee talks with Isabelle Sakelaris about her debut novel Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind
Jeff VanderMeer's ABSOLUTION
Jeff VanderMeer explores the failure of language, climate change, the fallibility of human institutions, ecstatic visions, and much more in this extensive interview about his new book, Absolution, the fourth installment from his celebrated Southern Reach series
Ledia Xhoga discusses MISINTERPRETATION
Author Ledia Xhoga talks with Nirica Srinivasan about her debut novel, Misinterpretation
Didi Jackson's MY INFINITY
Poet Didi Jackson talks with Isabelle Sakelaris about her new collection My Infinity, an exploration of joy and sorrow ordered around the work of the Swedish visual artist Hilma af Klint