The Novelist’s Responsibility: A Conversation with Nathan Englander
Nathan Englander on the novelist’s responsibilities in times of political chaos and what is right, what is wrong, and why we crave the distinction.
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Rethinking Fitzgerald’s Final Days
What I’d Die for You tells us about Fitzgerald’s troubled final years. And how he turned personal tragedy into his best work.
‘The Story of Memory’: A Conversation with Paula Hawkins
Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on The Train and Into the Water, reflects on two unreliable things: narrators and memory.
Michael Lewis and the Narrative Nonfiction Formula
A conversation with best-selling author Michael Lewis and a deep-dive into the limits of the narrative nonfiction formula.
Michael Chabon’s Broken World
A conversation with the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon.
Ben Lerner on Why So Many People (Rightfully) Hate Poetry
A conversation with the MacArthur-winning poet and novelist.
France’s Unlikely Literary Rebel
Maylis de Kerangal’s “The Heart” combines the language of science, philosophy, and pop culture to create a novel that defies categorization—and frustrates certain literary élites.
