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On Translating Proust and the Art of Not Reading Ahead

On Translating Proust and the Art of Not Reading Ahead

“It is a bummer to me that Proust occupies such a rarefied, even elitist, realm in the culture.”

By Bryan Alistair Charles | October 7, 2025

Patricia Lockwood on Drawing From Tolstoy and Avoiding “the Butthole of the Universe”

Patricia Lockwood on Drawing From Tolstoy and Avoiding “the Butthole of the Universe”

Eric Olson Profiles the Author of “Will There Ever Be Another You”

By Eric Olson | September 23, 2025

Form, Method, and Metafiction: Talking Craft and Completion with Ed Park

Form, Method, and Metafiction: Talking Craft and Completion with Ed Park

Eric Olson Profiles the Author of “An Oral History of Atlantis”

By Eric Olson | July 30, 2025

Muscle Beach: Surfing with Bonnie Tsui

Muscle Beach: Surfing with Bonnie Tsui

Mickie Meinhardt Profiles the Author of “On Muscle,” on a Surfboard

By Mickie Meinhardt | July 16, 2025

“Only That Which Does Not Teach Is Irresistible.” Charlotte Wood on Faith, Mortality, and Her Booker-Shortlisted Novel

“Only That Which Does Not Teach Is Irresistible.” Charlotte Wood on Faith, Mortality, and Her Booker-Shortlisted Novel

Eric Olson Talks to the Author of “Stone Yard Devotional”

By Eric Olson | February 14, 2025

Neal Stephenson Jumps From Speculative Fancy to Strange History

Neal Stephenson Jumps From Speculative Fancy to Strange History

Eric Olson Talks to the Author of “Polostan”

By Eric Olson | November 8, 2024

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By Alex Belth | June 14, 2024

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By Brian Castleberry | February 22, 2021

Lynn Steger Strong Wants You to Look Harder

Lynn Steger Strong Wants You to Look Harder

The Author of Want In Conversation with Brian Gresko

By Brian Gresko | July 6, 2020

On Fact, Fiction, and Translating Lena Andersson

On Fact, Fiction, and Translating Lena Andersson

Saskia Vogel Profiles the Author of Acts of Infidelity

By Saskia Vogel | May 23, 2019

T.C. Boyle is Most Certainly Living His Best Life

T.C. Boyle is Most Certainly Living His Best Life

Seven Conversations from an Afternoon with a Writer in His Habitat

By Peter Nowogrodzki | May 21, 2019

Bryan Washington, Rising Star of Literary Houston

Bryan Washington, Rising Star of Literary Houston

The Author of Lot Talks to Benjamin Rybeck

By Benjamin Rybeck | April 2, 2019

Lydia Kiesling Wants to Rewrite the Myths of the American West

Lydia Kiesling Wants to Rewrite the Myths of the American West

On Her Novel of Borders, Open Spaces, Closed Homes, and Family

By Nick Ripatrazone | September 5, 2018

Wandering Through the Uncanny Valley of Laura van den Berg's Fictions

Wandering Through the Uncanny Valley of Laura van den Berg's Fictions

The Author of The Third Hotel Talks to Adrian Van Young

By Adrian Van Young | August 23, 2018

Ahmed Saadawi Wants to Tell a New Story About the War in Iraq

Ahmed Saadawi Wants to Tell a New Story About the War in Iraq

"The Job of the Writer is to Give a Voice to Unknown People"

By Zahra Hankir | June 19, 2018

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