Interviews

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AI and the Future of Writing

A roundtable of authors discuss the ramifications for art—and life.
Ayad Akhtar,
Daniel Kehlmann,
and
Meghan O’Rourke
Interviews

Rachel Cusk

The novelist on the “feminine non-state of non-being”
Merve Emre
Interviews

Raven Leilani

On writing black interiority
Rizvana Bradley
Interviews

Miranda July

The novelist on the difference between emotional honesty and autobiography
Meghan O’Rourke
Interviews

László Krasznahorkai

The Nobel laureate insists on the reality of the present
Hari Kunzru
Shakespeare and Company Interviews

Arundhati Roy

The author on how making sense of violence made her a writer
Adam Biles

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Conversations

Natalie Scenters-Zapico and Dana Levin

Two poets on writing and anxiety
Natalie Scenters-Zapico
and
Dana Levin
December 1, 2021
Conversations

Nathan Alan Davis and Abe Koogler on Finding One’s Voice

Nathan Alan Davis
and
Abe Koogler
December 1, 2021
Conversations

Renee Gladman and Kate Briggs Talk Translation and Form

Kate Briggs
and
Renee Gladman
December 1, 2021
Interviews

Vivian Gornick

The acclaimed essayist looks back on her career
Meghan O’Rourke
December 1, 2021
Portrait of Paul Sabin.
Interviews

Who Killed Big Government? A Historian's Surprising Take.

A conversation about the secret history of American liberalism
Paul Sabin
and
James Surowiecki
November 1, 2021
Photo of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Interviews

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright on the politics of theater
Marc Robinson
September 20, 2021
Photos of Maggie Nelson and Simone White
Interviews

Maggie Nelson and Simone White on Sexual Taboos

Simone White
and
Maggie Nelson
September 20, 2021
Portraits of Caleb Smith and Rachel Kushner
Conversations

Discipline and Abolish

Writing, power, and mass incarceration
Rachel Kushner
and
Caleb Smith
June 28, 2021
Portrait of Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge
Interviews

The Poetry of Attention

The possibilities of perception
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge
and
Lacey Jones
June 21, 2021
Illustrated portrait of Elif Batuman and Ama Codjoe
Conversations

A Failed Book Club

How does one decide when to give up and stop reading?
Elif Batuman
and
Ama Codjoe
June 14, 2021