interviews

Writing Into Absurdity: Padgett Powell on Crafting Experimental Southern Fiction

Jean Marc Ah-Sen Talks to the Author of “Edisto”

 
By Jean Marc Ah-Sen  January 30, 2024
In Conversation

Manjula Martin on Chronicling a World in Constant Turmoil

By Jane Ciabattari  January 23, 2024
The Hub

Unsurprisingly, George Santos doesn’t know who James Baldwin is.

By Jonny Diamond  December 19, 2023
Writers in Conversation

“I’m Not Really Interested in Creating Sympathetic Characters.” Rachel Connolly Talks to Lucie Elven

By Lucie Elven  December 18, 2023
Performance Art

Plain-Spoken Performance Art: A Conversation with Laurie Anderson

By Brooke Wentz  December 8, 2023
Cundill History Prize

Six Former Winners of the Cundill History Prize Reflect on What the Future Holds

By Literary Hub  November 1, 2023
Writers in Conversation

Enduring Epics: Emily Wilson and Madeline Miller on Breathing New Life Into Ancient Classics

By Emily Wilson  September 26, 2023
In Conversation

Stacy Szymaszek on the Liberatory Possibilities of Outsider Poetry

By Sallie Fullerton  July 26, 2023
Crime

Colson Whitehead on Blaxploitation Cinema, Sidney Lumet’s New York, and His Own Harlem Trilogy

By Dwyer Murphy  July 19, 2023
On Poetry

Matt Mitchell on Writing Love Poems for Himself and For Others

By Hanif Abdurraqib  June 22, 2023
Music Writing

What 300 Hours of Interviewing Musicians Taught Chris Payne

By Chris Payne  June 15, 2023
Interview with a Poet

André Naffis-Sahely on the Power of Time, Temporality, and Memory

By Peter Mishler  June 2, 2023
Writers in Conversation

“Outside the Coordinates.” On Crafting Nonfiction That Takes Risks

By Laura Tillman  May 24, 2023
Writers in Conversation

Matthew Binder on Making Sense of an Absurd World

By D. Foy  May 16, 2023
In Conversation

Bedtime Stories From Toni Morrison: Priscilla Gilman on Her Singular Literary Upbringing

By Lauren LeBlanc  February 6, 2023
The Literary Journal Archives

Mysteries Contained Therein: In Praise of the Literary Journal Longform Interview

By Nick Ripatrazone  February 3, 2023
American Icons

Toni Morrison on Craft, Inspiration, and the Time She Met Obama

By Sarah Ladipo Manyika  February 2, 2023
The Hub

Donald Trump is suing Bob Woodward and Simon & Schuster over his audio interviews.

By Jonny Diamond  January 31, 2023
Lit Hub Questionnaire

For Aleksandar Hemon, Writing is a Search for a Form That Doesn’t Yet Exist

By Literary Hub  January 24, 2023
Editors

“Just Go Back to the Work.” Filmmaker Lizzie Gottlieb on Documenting the Remarkable Partnership Between Her Father and Robert Caro

By Lisa Liebman  January 23, 2023
Trauma

“There is Harm In Not Talking About It.” On the Power of Sharing Trauma Narratives

By Lynne Reeves Griffin and Michelle Bowdler  January 19, 2023
Craft of Writing

Dan Kois on Youthful Nostalgia and Rediscovering the Craft of Fiction

By Erica Eisdorfer  January 17, 2023
African Literature

#ReadingAfrica: Five Writers and Publishers Discuss the Continent’s Boundless Literary Landscape

By Literary Hub  December 8, 2022
Rock and Roll

Kurt Cobain Talks to College Radio About Moving Beyond Grunge… and Seattle

By Kurt Cobain  November 30, 2022
Lit Hub Questionnaire

Nick Hornby Understands the Pitfalls of Giving Novels as Gifts

By Literary Hub  November 15, 2022
Interview with a Poet

Sandra Simonds on Piecing Together Poetic Puzzles

By Peter Mishler  November 10, 2022
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