Interviews Archives - Page 24 of 75

The Perfect Balance Between Momentum and Stillness: Chris Abani discusses Smoking the Bible

Masculinity isn’t a thing. It is an absence, an excavation. Men are raised in the erase of all that is tender and good and loving until for many of us, all that is left is an unfocused rage.

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Accessing the Sublime: An Interview with Dalia Azim

Creating a site-specific installation in the middle of nowhere is somewhat akin to writing a novel—who knows if an audience will ever find their way to it.

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Imagination Hunting: An Interview with Michelle Huneven

Start at the beginning—you would think it was something I should have learned from the first novel. But I wonder about these obstacles that we put in front of ourselves that keep us from getting further along or finishing.

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Glitter and Tattoos and Campiness: An Interview with Gabe Montesanti

There was a lot of screaming, and it was very visceral and slippery. If I had to describe my childhood in one scene, it would be that one.

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From the Archive: What It Is to Be Human: Talking with Ottessa Moshfegh

Ottessa Moshfegh discusses her new novel, MY YEAR OF REST AND RELAXATION.

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The Struggles are Entwined: Talking about Nuclear Family with Joseph Han

It takes a certain tenacity to embrace being a stoner. It's all you want to do sometimes as the daily driver and mode of being.

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Nostalgia is a Lie: A Conversation with Liz Prato

It wasn't underground at all. We’d just been looking the other way.

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She Wanted to Be the Hero: A Conversation with Vanessa Hua

The details that go unremarked are very powerful because it assumes this is the way things are. It's not unusual. It's just the way these people live.

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Resurrection on a daily basis: Exploring The Hurting Kind with Ada Limón

How do we face the world and also love the world? That's one of the questions of my life, maybe.

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From the Archive: The Rumpus Interview with Lacy M. Johnson

The Other Side author Lacy M. Johnson talks about the experience of being kidnapped, overcoming trauma, and fighting the George Wills of the world.

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The Pressure and Pursuit of Desires: Talking Flash Fiction with Tommy Dean

I care deeply about these characters who decide to act and react to the conflicts and tensions around them even if they fail, especially when they fail.

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