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October 13, 2022January 12, 2023 - Books, Interview, Nonfiction, Reading, Small Presses, Writing

On the Art, Artifice, Magic, and Wonder of the Hoax: An Interview with Henry Adam Svec

By Andrew C. Wenaus Information theory is not concerned with meaning; instead, it focuses on the relationships that emerge…

October 11, 2022January 12, 2023 - Books, Interview, Reading, Writing

How Should an “Authentic” Person Be?: An Interview with Skye Cleary

By JC Holburn Skye Cleary is the author of How to Be Authentic: Simone de Beauvoir and the Quest…

June 18, 2022June 28, 2022 - Books, Interview, Reading, Small Presses, Writing

From the Archives: An Interview with John Keene, by Jeffery Renard Allen

Happy birthday, John Keene! Celebrate by reading Jeffery Renard Allen’s epic conversation with Keene, about the latter’s Annotations and Counternarratives,…

June 10, 2022June 10, 2022 - Folio, Interview, Reading, Writing

Latinx Poet-Philosopher Giannina Braschi: Creativity Begins Where Work Ends

Interview by Jorge Neri Bonilla Translated by David Auerbach The Puerto Rican poet and radical thinker Giannina Braschi won…

April 28, 2022January 12, 2023 - Books, Interview, Reading, Writing

To Care or Not to Care: An Interview with Boris Groys

By JC Holburn As the invasion began in Ukraine and all manner of opinions gushed in, I kept wondering— “What…

April 5, 2022April 7, 2022 - Books, Featured, Interview, Reading, Small Presses, Writing

An Interview with John Keene, by Jeffery Renard Allen

In memory of Binyavanga Wainaina, Randall Kenan, and Greg Tate Jeffery Renard Allen: I’d like to hear your thoughts…

September 29, 2021March 2, 2022 - Books, Interview, Reading, Writing

What Happens When Language Takes Over: An Interview with Aimee Parkison

By Dan Magers Aimee Parkison’s work defies easy description or categorization. Over the course of over fifteen years and…

June 29, 2021March 2, 2022 - Interview, Reading, Writing

“Crone’s rule…Old’s cool.” Middle-Aged Narrators and Their Treacherous Texts

Elisabeth Sheffield and Christina Milletti in Conversation “There are so many ways in which there is no crime.”—Gertrude Stein…

April 27, 2021March 2, 2022 - Books, Interview, Reading, Writing

“Blood,” “Spirit,” and “Nation” Stuff: A Dialogue Between Rodrigo Toscano and Julie Carr

Rodrigo Toscano: Hi, Julie. I’m delighted to be dialoguing with you right now, because we recently had a happy…

January 4, 2021 - Books, Interview, Reading, Writing

Within the Free Space of Writing: An Interview with Charles Holdefer

By Curtis Smith Charles Holdefer is an American writer currently based in Brussels, Belgium. He is the author of…