James Tadd Adcox's work has appeared in PANK, Barrelhouse Magazine, and Granta, among other places. He's the author of a novel, Does Not Love, and a novella, Repetition, and is editor at the literary magazine Always Crashing. He lives in Pittsburgh.
Juan Martinez discusses his debut collection Best Worst American, his relationship to the English language, and why Nabokov ruined his writing for years.