Interviews Brittany Ackerman 9/30/25 Brittany Ackerman 9/30/25 Sam Heaps: On Fanning the Flames of Purpose, Claustrophobic Seduction, the Malleability of Memory, and Their Novella ‘The Living god’ Read More Sydney Bollinger 9/25/25 Sydney Bollinger 9/25/25 Lindsay Merbaum: On Emotional Manipulation, Cruise Ships, Confidence and Embracing Your Nature, and Her New Novel ‘Vampires at Sea’ Read More Corinne Cordasco-Pak 9/23/25 Corinne Cordasco-Pak 9/23/25 Alex Niemi: On Novels by Poets, the Hyper-Reality of the Internet, and the Importance of Sonic Suspense in Her Translation of Laura Vazquez’s Novel ‘The Endless Week’ Read More Shelby Hinte 9/18/25 Shelby Hinte 9/18/25 Kevin M. Kearney: On Work In the Time of AI, Being More Than Your Job, and His New Novel ‘Freelance’ Read More Abigail Oswald 9/9/25 Abigail Oswald 9/9/25 Naomi Washer: On Writing in Books, Psychoanalysis, the Fiction of the Fixed Self, and Her New Autobiography ‘Marginalia’ Read More Brittany Ackerman 9/4/25 Brittany Ackerman 9/4/25 Michael Jerome Plunkett: On the Lingering Wounds of War, Exploring Mythic Voices and Medical Hell, Writing Amidst New Fatherhood, and His Debut Novel ‘Zone Rouge’ Read More Sydney Bollinger 8/28/25 Sydney Bollinger 8/28/25 Austyn Wohlers: On Living in a Decaying World, the Necessity of Community, and Her Debut Novel ‘Hothouse Bloom’ Read More Brittany Ackerman 8/26/25 Brittany Ackerman 8/26/25 Karleigh Frisbie Brogan: On the Steel Trap of Memory, Scattering the Self, Coming Clean, and Her Debut ‘Holding: A Memoir About Mothers, Drugs, and Other Comforts’ Read More Corinne Cordasco-Pak 8/21/25 Corinne Cordasco-Pak 8/21/25 Emily Adrian: On Broadening Her Literary Life, Treating Parenting as a Creative Act, and Writing Sex Scenes That Advance the Plot in Her Novel ‘Seduction Theory’ Read More Brittany Ackerman 8/19/25 Brittany Ackerman 8/19/25 Cora Lewis: On Navigating Connection and Disconnection, Capturing Millennial Life and Information Overload, the Art of Presence, and Her Debut Novella ‘Information Age’ Read More Kailey Brennan DelloRusso 8/12/25 Kailey Brennan DelloRusso 8/12/25 Kristin Offiler: On Demystifying the Writer’s Life Online, Reverse-Engineering a Thriller, New England Summers, and Her Debut Novel ‘The Housewarming’ Read More Devin Kate Pope 8/7/25 Devin Kate Pope 8/7/25 Hayden Casey: On Productivity and Creativity, Anne Carson, Trusting Your Writerly Instincts, and His Debut Collection ‘Show Me Where The Hurt Is’ Read More Anushree Nande 8/5/25 Anushree Nande 8/5/25 Tashan Mehta: On the Circular Nature of Time, Moving Toward Multiplicity, Multiple Drafts, and Her New Novel ‘Mad Sisters of Esi’ Read More Nina Michiko Tam 7/31/25 Nina Michiko Tam 7/31/25 Mariah Rigg: On First Lines, Little Deaths, and How Hawai‘i is More Than White Sand Beaches in Her Debut Story Collection ‘Extinction Capital of the World’ Read More Corinne Cordasco-Pak 7/29/25 Corinne Cordasco-Pak 7/29/25 Xenobe Purvis: On the Specificity of Strangeness, the Wonders of Archival Research, the Violence of Patriarchy, and Her Debut Novel ‘The Hounding’ Read More Nirica Srinivasan 7/24/25 Nirica Srinivasan 7/24/25 Issa Quincy: On Memory as Mutation, the Spaces Between, Learning Through Editing, and His Debut Novel ‘Absence’ Read More Nirica Srinivasan 7/17/25 Nirica Srinivasan 7/17/25 Irene Solà: On Abject Women, Writing from Curiosity, Memory and Oblivion, and Her New Book ‘I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness’ Read More Jessica Bao 7/10/25 Jessica Bao 7/10/25 Sarah Aziza: On the Nature of Silence, Archives of Love, Palestine, and Her Hybrid Memoir ‘The Hollow Half’ Read More Kim Narby 6/26/25 Kim Narby 6/26/25 Zee Carlstrom: On When to Bother Your Editor, the Move-to-the-City or Do-an-MFA Debate, and How Class Rage Fueled Their Debut Novel ‘Make Sure You Die Screaming’ Read More Emma Burger 6/17/25 Emma Burger 6/17/25 Lydi Conklin: On Songwriting, Queerness, Burning Your Life Down, and Their Debut Novel ‘Songs of No Provenance’ Read More Older Posts
Brittany Ackerman 9/30/25 Brittany Ackerman 9/30/25 Sam Heaps: On Fanning the Flames of Purpose, Claustrophobic Seduction, the Malleability of Memory, and Their Novella ‘The Living god’ Read More
Sydney Bollinger 9/25/25 Sydney Bollinger 9/25/25 Lindsay Merbaum: On Emotional Manipulation, Cruise Ships, Confidence and Embracing Your Nature, and Her New Novel ‘Vampires at Sea’ Read More
Corinne Cordasco-Pak 9/23/25 Corinne Cordasco-Pak 9/23/25 Alex Niemi: On Novels by Poets, the Hyper-Reality of the Internet, and the Importance of Sonic Suspense in Her Translation of Laura Vazquez’s Novel ‘The Endless Week’ Read More
Shelby Hinte 9/18/25 Shelby Hinte 9/18/25 Kevin M. Kearney: On Work In the Time of AI, Being More Than Your Job, and His New Novel ‘Freelance’ Read More
Abigail Oswald 9/9/25 Abigail Oswald 9/9/25 Naomi Washer: On Writing in Books, Psychoanalysis, the Fiction of the Fixed Self, and Her New Autobiography ‘Marginalia’ Read More
Brittany Ackerman 9/4/25 Brittany Ackerman 9/4/25 Michael Jerome Plunkett: On the Lingering Wounds of War, Exploring Mythic Voices and Medical Hell, Writing Amidst New Fatherhood, and His Debut Novel ‘Zone Rouge’ Read More
Sydney Bollinger 8/28/25 Sydney Bollinger 8/28/25 Austyn Wohlers: On Living in a Decaying World, the Necessity of Community, and Her Debut Novel ‘Hothouse Bloom’ Read More
Brittany Ackerman 8/26/25 Brittany Ackerman 8/26/25 Karleigh Frisbie Brogan: On the Steel Trap of Memory, Scattering the Self, Coming Clean, and Her Debut ‘Holding: A Memoir About Mothers, Drugs, and Other Comforts’ Read More
Corinne Cordasco-Pak 8/21/25 Corinne Cordasco-Pak 8/21/25 Emily Adrian: On Broadening Her Literary Life, Treating Parenting as a Creative Act, and Writing Sex Scenes That Advance the Plot in Her Novel ‘Seduction Theory’ Read More
Brittany Ackerman 8/19/25 Brittany Ackerman 8/19/25 Cora Lewis: On Navigating Connection and Disconnection, Capturing Millennial Life and Information Overload, the Art of Presence, and Her Debut Novella ‘Information Age’ Read More
Kailey Brennan DelloRusso 8/12/25 Kailey Brennan DelloRusso 8/12/25 Kristin Offiler: On Demystifying the Writer’s Life Online, Reverse-Engineering a Thriller, New England Summers, and Her Debut Novel ‘The Housewarming’ Read More
Devin Kate Pope 8/7/25 Devin Kate Pope 8/7/25 Hayden Casey: On Productivity and Creativity, Anne Carson, Trusting Your Writerly Instincts, and His Debut Collection ‘Show Me Where The Hurt Is’ Read More
Anushree Nande 8/5/25 Anushree Nande 8/5/25 Tashan Mehta: On the Circular Nature of Time, Moving Toward Multiplicity, Multiple Drafts, and Her New Novel ‘Mad Sisters of Esi’ Read More
Nina Michiko Tam 7/31/25 Nina Michiko Tam 7/31/25 Mariah Rigg: On First Lines, Little Deaths, and How Hawai‘i is More Than White Sand Beaches in Her Debut Story Collection ‘Extinction Capital of the World’ Read More
Corinne Cordasco-Pak 7/29/25 Corinne Cordasco-Pak 7/29/25 Xenobe Purvis: On the Specificity of Strangeness, the Wonders of Archival Research, the Violence of Patriarchy, and Her Debut Novel ‘The Hounding’ Read More
Nirica Srinivasan 7/24/25 Nirica Srinivasan 7/24/25 Issa Quincy: On Memory as Mutation, the Spaces Between, Learning Through Editing, and His Debut Novel ‘Absence’ Read More
Nirica Srinivasan 7/17/25 Nirica Srinivasan 7/17/25 Irene Solà: On Abject Women, Writing from Curiosity, Memory and Oblivion, and Her New Book ‘I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness’ Read More
Jessica Bao 7/10/25 Jessica Bao 7/10/25 Sarah Aziza: On the Nature of Silence, Archives of Love, Palestine, and Her Hybrid Memoir ‘The Hollow Half’ Read More
Kim Narby 6/26/25 Kim Narby 6/26/25 Zee Carlstrom: On When to Bother Your Editor, the Move-to-the-City or Do-an-MFA Debate, and How Class Rage Fueled Their Debut Novel ‘Make Sure You Die Screaming’ Read More
Emma Burger 6/17/25 Emma Burger 6/17/25 Lydi Conklin: On Songwriting, Queerness, Burning Your Life Down, and Their Debut Novel ‘Songs of No Provenance’ Read More