Hazlitt talks with former prison librarian Avi Steinberg—author of Running the Books—about the necessity of communication, the future of libraries, and helping inmates find their own voice.
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In Do You Want What I Have Got, co-creators Veda Hille and Richardson have a fashioned an unlikely and entertaining bit of musical theatre from snippets of Craigslist classifieds. Hazlitt speaks with Hille and Richardson during the show's current Toronto run.
George Saunders discusses his new short story collection, Tenth of December, the importance of public artists, and the possibility that fiction makes us better people.
Retail is a largely female profession, and the shopgirl is an enduring—and typically voiceless—archetype. But Jean Rhys's modernist novel, Good Morning, Midnight, probed the darkness of a shopgirl's inner life; and Green Girl by Kate Zambreno picked up where Rhys left off. We spoke with Zambreno (author, most recently, of Heroines), about retail, Rhys, misery, and more.
Sasha Issenberg, author of The Victory Lab, talks about the egghead revolution in campaign politics, and explains how interested parties can determine who you're voting for by what car you drive
The experimental filmmaker discusses his latest project, the live-scored We Have An Anchor, plus the disjunctures of time and space as experienced in cinema, and why despite working with bands like Fugazi, R.E.M., and The Ex, he’ll never consider himself a music video director.
The artist and author of Black Hole discusses his latest book, The Hive, plus TinTin, his past as a punk, and forays into performance art. Also: disturbing images, romance comics, and the bizarre but sadly short-lived OK Soda.
Maria Bamford's humour is dark, unsettling, and—given her skill as an impressionist—charmingly silly. So far this has meant fewer sitcom roles, but it has made her one of the most interesting and beloved stand-up comics working today.
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