Sad Aesthetic
A country is the things it wants to see. -Robert Pinsky Once upon a time in America, those magnificent men in their flying machines abandon ship without a trace. The American president (dead man...
View ArticleInterview with Ander Monson
Ander Monson’s first name means “other” in German, and if he weren’t a writer, he’d be a rapper or an interstellar villain. He is the author of a poetry collection, Vacationland, a novel (or a fiction...
View ArticleInterview with Nancy Pearl
Nancy Pearl is the world’s coolest celebrity librarian: she has served as the Executive Director of the Washington Center for the Book, founded the Seattle Reads program, invented the Rule of 50 (a...
View ArticleInterview with Major Jackson
I caught up with Major Jackson, via e-mail, in fits and spurts over the last year or so, during his trips between Vermont and North Carolina (he teaches at the University of Vermont and Queens...
View ArticleInterview with Richard Russo
The career of Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Russo stands out somewhat from those of other “serious” writers for its strong, if arm’s-length, connection to the film industry. Since working...
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