Interview

'I Don’t Know Why This City Sees Fit to Kill Its Women': An Interview with Sam Wiebe

The author of Invisible Dead on why writing about Vancouver is liberating and the psychic cost of the truth. 

‘Worshipping This Crazy Female Energy Eruption’: An Interview with Sarah Barmak

The author of Closer: Notes from the Orgasmic Frontier of Female Sexuality on scientific ignorance, the sexualized Other, and Victorian hang ups. 

'I'm That Friend Who's Seriously Fucking Heavy in Person': An Interview with Heather Havrilesky

The author of Ask Polly and How to Be A Person in the World on non-joiner instincts, leading with feelings and crawling towards a new kind of happiness. 

'This is a Women's Story': Revitalizing the World's Oldest Library

Moroccan architect Aziza Chaouni was determined to make ancient manuscripts accessible to the public. 

‘Serious While Being Funny and Funny While Being Serious’: An Interview with Geoff Dyer

Talking with the author of White Sands about blurring the boundaries of fiction and nonfiction, the disappointments of pilgrimage, and the possibilities of serious comedy.

‘Go Out and Fight Nature and Lose’: An Interview with Blair Braverman

The author of Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube on dog sledding, abuse, and the lure of the Arctic. 

'The Darn Story Just Didn't Go Away’: An Interview with Bill Genovese and James Solomon

In a new documentary about the 1964 killing of Kitty Genovese, her brother confronts the myth that 38 people turned a blind eye to her murder. 

'Arbitrary, Binary Evaluation—That's Tyranny': An Interview with Athina Rachel Tsangari

The director of Chevalier on character development, masculinity, and why kissing is really kind of weird.

‘A Tiny Inward Scream is the Appropriate Response to Exposure’: An Interview with Maile Meloy

The author on horses as harbingers of death, MFA programs, and how reading is a way to practice being brave.

‘We Have the Same Language, But Definitely Different Rules’: An Interview with Lee Maracle

The author of Talking to the Diaspora discusses deep space, Harry Potter, and the language our bodies are speaking.