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5 Questions with Ayana Mathis, Author of THE UNSETTLED: A Novel
It's autumn in New York! Be gone mosquitoes and sweaty subway rides. It's my favorite season—pasta bolognese and red wine and ankle boots.
5 Questions with Dylan C. Penningroth, Author of BEFORE THE MOVEMENT: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights
I'm the chair of my department, answerable to a dozen faculty, several dozen graduate students, two deans, and a host of administrators. Whenever the university's rules and complex politics start feeling overwhelming, I read a few pages of Thomas Cromwell's life and I think, "That guy had it worse!"
5 Questions with Justin Torres, Author of BLACKOUTS
Artistically? I don't really find myself in search of joy. I suppose I'm looking for other kinds of challenges, other kinds of rewards.
5 Questions with Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Author of AN INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES: 10th Anniversary Edition
I’ve long dreamed of owning a bookstore to be located in my very tiny rural hometown: Piedmont, Oklahoma. I would name it “Sunflower Books.”
5 Questions with Lisa Teasley, Author of FLUID: Stories
I was late to the On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous party but that was the last book I finished where I just laid there and could only utter, "Wow."
5 Questions with Myriam Gurba, Author of CREEP: Accusations and Confessions
I would call my bookstore Paper Cuts and it would function as a literary speakeasy. Instead of a bestseller, we would take pride in our most frequently stolen books.
A Future Generation Shows Up Ahead of Schedule
Biden, it seems, is happy to take credit for limited green actions, but isn’t faintly ready to plan for truly phasing out fossil fuels, thus keeping the world livable through this century and beyond. So, give some credit to the young who are pushing him, the courts, and Congress to ensure that they have a future worth living for.
5 Questions with Edan Lepucki, Author of TIME’S MOUTH: A Novel
I worked full time as a bookseller so I know how hard of a job it is!
5 Questions with Lydia Kiesling, Author of MOBILITY: A Novel
I love writers who aren’t afraid of excessive detail, maximalist language, weird tributaries, and long slogs. I respect minimalism but it’s not for me.
5 Questions with Chloe Aridjis, Author of DIALOGUE WITH A SOMNAMBULIST
This latest book of mine, Dialogue with a Somnambulist, spans over fifteen years so it would be hard to recall all of the inspiration but I can safely say that Friedrich, Nick Cave, Kirchner and the somnambulist from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari were all lurking in my head while I wrote many of the pieces.
