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Conversations with writers, poets and editors
09.22.2009
Reading About Other People's Lives:
An Interview with
TAO LIN
09.01.2009
10 Questions for Michael Idov:
An Online Exclusive Interview
08.24.2009
Naked Lunch
at 50:
An Interview with William S. Burroughs (excerpt):
An online exclusive
08.18.2009
Q&A: Reif Larsen, author of
THE SELECTED WORKS OF T.S. SPIVET:
An online exclusive interview
07.13.2009
Clancy Martin Tells the Truth Even When He Lies:
An online exclusive interview
06.08.2009
Q&A:
WELLS TOWER
, author of
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned
:
An online exclusive interview
03.23.2009
Parallel Worlds:
PAUL AUSTER
(Unabridged):
Highlights from
20 Interviews
(2009)
03.13.2009
Face to Face with
ALEX ROSS
:
Highlights from
20 Interviews
(2009)
03.11.2009
The 21st Interview:
DAVID THOMSON
(Web Exclusive):
Highlights from
20 Interviews
(2009)
03.03.2009
Islands Apart:
JUNOT DÍAZ
(Unabridged):
Highlights from
20 Interviews
(2009)
03.01.2009
Lift Every Voice:
JANE MAYER
:
Highlights from
20 Interviews
(2009)
02.26.2009
Q&A: Author
JOHN HASKELL
:
An online exclusive interview
11.21.2008
DC Confidential:
GEORGE PELECANOS
:
Highlights from
The DC Issue
11.18.2008
10 Questions for
ANA MARIE COX
:
Highlights from
The DC Issue
11.02.2008
Q&A, Part One:
STUDS TERKEL
:
Highlights from
Issue 24: The Chicago Issue
10.31.2008
Little Big Man:
JOHNNY TEMPLE
of Akashic Books:
Highlights from
The DC Issue
10.29.2008
Q&A:
CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY
:
Highlights from
The DC Issue
08.09.2008
Q&A:
ALEX COX
(Unabridged):
Highlights from Issue 36:
Expatriate
08.09.2008
Negative Capabilities:
ISABEL FONSECA
(Unabridged):
Highlights from Issue 36:
Expatriate
07.24.2008
Q&A:
ROB WALKER
,
Author and
New York Times
columnist:
An online exclusive interview
07.17.2008
Fiona Maazel’s Got the Human Condition — and Our Condolences:
An online exclusive interview
06.15.2008
Online Exclusive:
JOSEPH WALSH
,
Screenwriter of
California Split
:
Highlights from Issue 35:
Gambling
06.13.2008
Chutzpah & Hearts:
MARTHA FRANKEL
,
Author of
Hats & Eyeglasses
:
Highlights from Issue 35:
Gambling
06.11.2008
Making the Case:
A talk with environmentalist
BILL McKIBBEN
:
Highlights from Issue 35:
Gambling
04.21.2008
Criminal Pleasures:
ELMORE LEONARD
:
An online exclusive interview
04.09.2008
Q&A:
DEAN WAREHAM
:
An online exclusive interview
03.01.2008
A Talk with
MARY JO BANG
(Unabridged):
Highlights from Issue 34:
Jazz
02.12.2008
Q&A:
BRAD VICE
:
An online exclusive interview
01.10.2008
Q&A:
JIMMY BRESLIN
(Excerpt):
Highlights from
20 Interviews
(2007)
12.04.2007
Q&A:
DAN FANTE
:
An online exclusive interview
10.09.2007
I Guess It's Romantic, If You're a Dog:
JOHN ASHBERY
:
Highlights from Issue 32:
Hollywood Lost & Found
09.12.2007
Q&A:
WILL SELF
:
Highlights from Issue 29:
Photography
08.29.2007
Setting the Tempo:
TOM PIAZZA
:
Highlights from Issue 31:
Ode to the South
08.20.2007
Hey, Rube:
WILLIAM H. GASS
:
Highlights from
Issue 27: Ode to the Midwest
08.17.2007
The Contestant:
DEB OLIN UNFERTH
:
An online exclusive interview
08.01.2007
Face to Face with
BRAD NEELY
:
Highlights from Issue 32:
Hollywood Lost & Found
06.29.2007
Q&A:
DAVID MITCHELL
:
Online Exclusive Interview
06.01.2007
Face to Face with
CHRISTOPHER SORRENTINO
:
Highlights from Issue 31:
Ode to the South
04.12.2007
The Melancholia of Everything Completed:
KURT VONNEGUT
(1922-2007):
Highlights from Issue 27:
Ode to the Midwest
03.16.2007
Q&A:
LAWRENCE WRIGHT
:
An online exclusive interview
02.01.2007
Face to Face with
SAM LIPSYTE
:
Highlights from Issue 29:
The Photography Issue
12.09.2006
A Wonderful Kind of Mess:
GREIL MARCUS
:
An online exclusive interview
12.07.2006
Citizen Dave:
DAVE EGGERS
:
Highlights from Issue 27:
Ode to the Midwest
11.05.2006
The Midwesterner's Almanac:
GARRISON KEILLOR
(Unabridged):
Highlights from Issue 27:
Ode to the Midwest
10.27.2006
Separating the Warrior From the War:
PAUL RIECKHOFF
:
Highlights from
20 Interviews
(2006)
07.17.2006
Against the Grain:
BRUCE ROBINSON
:
An excerpt from Issue 26:
The U.K. Issue
03.29.2006
Q&A:
IAN FRAZIER
:
Highlights from
Issue 25: The Documentary Issue
02.06.2006
He Sees Things in Waves:
AUGUST KLEINZAHLER
:
Highlights from
20 Interviews
(2006)
01.06.2006
Q&A, Part Two:
STUDS TERKEL
:
Highlights from
Issue 24: The Chicago Issue
12.27.2005
Fine Print:
ROGER EBERT
&
CLARENCE PAGE
:
Highlights from Issue 24:
The Chicago Issue
11.16.2005
Q&A:
PETER BOGDANOVICH
:
Highlights from Issue 23:
The Auteur Issue
11.07.2005
Q&A:
MOLLY HASKELL
&
ANDREW SARRIS
:
Highlights from Issue 23:
The Auteur Issue
08.29.2005
Q&A:
PHILIP GOUREVITCH
:
Highlights from
Issue 22: The Downfall of American Publishing
08.15.2005
Q&A:
LEWIS LAPHAM
:
Highlights from Issue 22:
The Downfall of American Publishing
06.10.2005
Bring Out Your Dead:
Rebirthing Literature: Loved Ones, Agents and Editors Do Their Part