Molly McGhee talks with Isabelle Sakelaris about her debut novel Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind
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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
Exploring the underrated sorrows of rejection with TONY TULATHIMUTTE
Author Tony Tulathimutte talks with Nirica Srinivasan about the mosaic of interconnected short stories focused on the "underrated sorrows of rejection" in his new collection, Rejection
Sarah Ghazal Ali discusses THEOPHANIES
Sarah Ghazal Ali in conversation with Isabelle Sakelaris about her vivid debut poetry collection, Theophanies
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ Julia Hannafin
Author Julia Hannafin in conversation with Nirica Srinivasan about their debut novel Cascade
CINDY JUYOUNG OK on WARD TOWARD
Poet Cindy Juyoung Ok in conversation with Isabelle Sakelaris about her collection Ward Toward
Ben Shattuck discusses THE HISTORY OF SOUND: STORIES
Author Ben Shattuck talks in-depth with Nirica Srinivasan about his new book The History of Sound: Stories, which features a fantastically unique structure: each story has a companion story, which contains a revelation about the previous, paired story
Silence as an architect of experience in THE HEARING TEST
Nirica Srinivasan reviews Eliza Barry Callahan’s novel The Hearing Test
Memory, identity, & synchronicities: Elisa Gabbert's ANY PERSON IS THE ONLY SELF
Writer, poet, and essayist Elisa Gabbert talks in-depth with Nirica Srinivasan about her new essay collection Any Person Is the Only Self
Pushing against the limits of possibility: R.O. KWON discusses EXHIBIT
In a perceptive and revelatory interview with Nirica Srinivasan, author R.O. Kwon explores the intricacies of her newly released novel, Exhibit
The persuasive intuitions of ANNE CARSON
Poet, essayist, professor of Classics, and translator Anne Carson discusses her new book of poetic prose pieces and images, Wrong Norma
MARY JO BANG isn't lost in translation
Isabelle Sakelaris talks with award-winning poet Mary Jo Bang about her recent collection, A Film in Which I Play Everyone
The tensions between drifting & survival in AMBER CARON'S stories
Amber Caron talks with Nirica Srinivasan about her striking new short story collection Call Up the Waters
Why CHRISTOPHER BREAN MURRAY lies to tell truths
Poet Christopher Brean Murray talks about his collection, Black Observatory, & he discusses his intuitive methods of fabrication & questioning to discover truths in his works
Novelist LYDIA KIESLING talks about class, power, politics, & desire
Author Lydia Kiesling talks about the elements of class, power, politics, & desire in her new novel Mobility
LYNNE SHARON SCHWARTZ discusses her literary life at the wheel
Prolific author Lynne Sharon Schwartz discusses her latest publication, My Life at the Wheel, a book of personal essays that she considers a memoir in collage form
The implications of AI & artmaking in DO YOU REMEMBER BEING BORN?
Author Sean Michaels discusses his new novel Do You Remember Being Born?, which explores the implications of AI-assisted co-authorship of creative works
Poet Paisley Rekdal discusses her book WEST: A TRANSLATION
Poet Paisley Rekdal talks about her book West: A Translation