Today, we are in conversation with Anita Anand, author of A Convergence of Solitudes, a novel which deftly weaves together the stories of six characters, and the cultural and political […]
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“A certain extremity”: In Conversation with Mike Steeves
Today, we are in conversation with Mike Steeves, author of Bystander, a novel which goes deep into the psychology of its bewildered protagonist, Peter Simons, as he faces a moral […]
Continue reading“We are all born into a story”: In Conversation with Shannon Webb-Campbell
Today, we pick up our In Conversation series with Shannon Webb-Campbell, author of the poetry collection Lunar Tides. Expansive and enveloping, Lunar Tides asks, “Who am I in relation to the […]
Continue reading“Flirtatious, irreverent, and curious”: In Conversation with Daniel Sarah Karasik
This Spring, we return with our In Conversation series, where we speak in detail with recently published Book*hug authors about their books and the ideas—notions, whims, feelings, inspirations, memories, actions—behind […]
Continue reading“Perhaps forgetting is pure unknowing possible”: In Conversation with R. Kolewe
Today, we’re In Conversation with R. Kolewe, author of the long poem The Absence of Zero, a slow-moving haunting work which explores time and memory in both content and form. […]
Continue readingCo-translation Roundtable: Kari Dickson and Rachel Rankin
And Martha? She was a muttonhead. So reads a quote from Because Venus Crossed an Alpine Violet on the Day that I Was Born by Mona Høvring— “muttonhead” a triumphant […]
Continue reading“Something hopeful. Something profound”: In Conversation with Team Venus
Next up In Conversation is a roundtable discussion between the affectionately titled “Team Venus”: author Mona Høvring and translators Kari Dickson and Rachel Rankin of Because Venus Crossed an Alpine […]
Continue reading“The narrative of heroism is continually bent”: In Conversation with Gail Scott
Gail Scott’s Permanent Revolution, a collection of new essays gathered alongside a recreation of her groundbreaking text, Spaces Like Stairs, was recently named a finalist for Le Grand Prix du livre […]
Continue reading“It is OK to Grieve”: In Conversation with Talya Rubin
Today, we pick up our In Conversation series with the endlessly thoughtful Talya Rubin, author of the poetry collection Iceland Is Melting and So Are You. Read on to learn […]
Continue readingIn Conversation: Nic Brewer
Continuing our In Conversation series, Nic Brewer joins us to discuss her remarkable debut novel, Suture! Suture fiercely and tenderly interweaves the stories of three artists who literally tear themselves […]
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