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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 […]
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The uneasy timeliness of ELEGY, SOUTHWEST
Photo by Vijay Khurana Madeleine Watts is the author of the novels Elegy, Southwest (2025), and The Inland Sea (2021), which was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award and the Glenda Adams Award for […]
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JoAnna Novak on DOMESTIREXIA
JoAnna Novak is a writer of memoir, fiction, and non-fiction. Her short story collection Meaningful Work won the Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Contest, and her essay “My $1000 Anxiety Attack” was anthologized in About […]
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The vital restlessness of MARGARET ROSS
Margaret Ross is the author of two books of poetry, A Timeshare (Omnidawn, 2015) and Saturday (The Song Cave, 2024). Her poems and translations have appeared in Granta, The Paris Review, Poetry, The Yale […]
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Catriona Shine discusses the shifting architectures of HABITAT
Photo by Aslak Haanshuus Catriona Shine grew up in Ireland and now works as an architect in Oslo. She is a recipient of an Arts Council Literature Bursary Award 2023 and her writing has appeared […]
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Talia Lavin on her new book WILD FAITH: HOW THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT IS TAKING OVER AMERICA
Logan Royce Beitmen interviews author and 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 and […]
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Molly McGhee on JONATHAN ABERNATHY YOU ARE KIND
Molly McGhee’s debut novel Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind was published in 2023 by Astra House. McGhee earned her M.F.A in fiction at Columbia University, where she currently teaches undergraduates. She has also worked in […]
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Censored? Shadowbanned? Elizabeth Larison of the NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST CENSORSHIP Discusses How to Fight Back
Elizabeth Larison has worked in curatorial, programmatic, and directorial capacities for arts organizations and venues such as Flux Factory, the Park Avenue Armory, the Vera List Center for Art and Politics, and apexart. Larison is the […]
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Jeff VanderMeer’s ABSOLUTION
Photo by Azhar Khan Jeff VanderMeer is the author of Hummingbird Salamander; the Borne novels (Borne, The Strange Bird, and Dead Astronauts); and the Southern Reach series (Annihilation, Authority, and Acceptance), the first volume […]
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Ledia Xhoga discusses MISINTERPRETATION
Photo by Todd Estrin Ledia Xhoga (pronounced Joga) is a fiction writer and playwright. She was born and raised in Tirana, Albania, and currently lives in Brooklyn. Her debut novel, Misinterpretation, was published by Tin […]
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Didi Jackson’s MY INFINITY
Didi Jackson is a poet and professor of creative writing at Vanderbilt University. The recipient of the Robert H. Winner Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America and a finalist for the Meringoff […]
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Exploring the underrated sorrows of rejection with TONY TULATHIMUTTE
Tony Tulathimutte Tony Tulathimutte is the author of the novels Private Citizens and Rejection. He has written for The Paris Review, N+1, The New York Times, The New Yorker, The New Republic, Playboy, and […]
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Sarah Ghazal Ali discusses THEOPHANIES
Photo by Beowulf Sheehan Sarah Ghazal Ali is a poet, editor, and professor. Her debut poetry collection, Theophanies, published by Alice James Books, was named Editor’s Choice by the press in 2022. A Stadler […]
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SACRED MONSTER ~ Chloë Cassens discusses JEAN COCTEAU
Chloë Cassens represents the Severin Wunderman Collection, the largest collection of works by iconoclastic French artist Jean Cocteau. In this podcast interview with Logan Royce Beitmen, Cassens discusses Cocteau’s massive cultural influence and her efforts […]
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Julia Hannafin in conversation with Nirica Srinivasan about their debut novel Cascade
Author Julia Hannafin in conversation with Nirica Srinivasan about their debut novel Cascade […]
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CINDY JUYOUNG OK on WARD TOWARD
Photo by Joanna Eldredge Morrissey Cindy Juyoung Ok is a writer, editor, and professor of poetry. Her debut poetry collection, Ward Toward, was published by Yale University Press as a part of the institution’s Series […]
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Ben Shattuck discusses THE HISTORY OF SOUND: STORIES
Photo by Andreas Burgess Ben Shattuck’s new book, The History of Sound, is a stunning collection of interconnected stories set in New England, exploring how the past is often misunderstood and how history, family, heartache, […]
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Pushing against the limits of possibility: R.O. KWON discusses EXHIBIT
Photo by Jesse Dittmar R. O. Kwon is the author of the nationally bestselling novel The Incendiaries, which was named a best book of the year by more than forty publications and was a finalist […]
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The persuasive intuitions of ANNE CARSON
Photo by Peter Smith Anne Carson is a poet, essayist, professor of Classics, and translator. Her new book, Wrong Norma, is “a stunning edition with images created by Carson. Several of the twenty-five startling poetic […]
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MARY JO BANG isn’t lost in translation
Photo by Carly Ann Faye Mary Jo Bang is the author of nine poetry books, most recently A Film in Which I Play Everyone (2023), published by Graywolf Press. She has also published translations of […]