Writing About the Beauty and Violence of Kashmir
A conversation with Feroz Rather, author of ‘The Night of Broken Glass.’
Category: Interviews
Before ‘The Library Book,’ Susan Orlean Thought She’d Never Write Another
“It was just too big of a commitment. It’s just too hard to write books.”
Maryse Meijer Just Keeps Creeping Us Out in the Most Delightful Way
She’s back with a second short story collection, ‘Rag,’ and it’s intense.
How Hala Alyan Creates New Memories through Poetry
A conversation with the poet/novelist on ‘The Twenty-Ninth Year’
If Earth Is Doomed, Pam Houston Wants to Go Out Singing
If you know anything about Pam Houston’s body of work, it should be no surprise that her newest book, Deep Creek:Continue Reading
How Chicago’s Wealthiest Neighborhoods Were Colonized
In his debut book, The Battle of Lincoln Park: Urban Renewal and Gentrification in Chicago, Daniel Kay Hertz traces theContinue Reading
Kim Stanley Robinson’s Lunar Revolution
The sci-fi author on geopolitics and his latest novel, ‘Red Moon.’
Every Story in ‘Hardly Children’ Started With the First Sentence
Chicago-based Laura Adamczyk on her debut collection from FSG.
Maryse Meijer’s ‘Northwood’ Is 2018’s Most Unique Novella
On the heels ‘Heartbreaker,’ Meijer returns with an emotional horror novella.
What Ben Lerner’s ’10:04′ Teaches Us About Failure
Every now and then a book comes along that changes how you think about yourself, the world, even books themselves.Continue Reading
