by Andy Shi
“I believe remembrance is a preoccupation of the living. We find comfort in good memories, wrestle with memories that bring hurt or confusion, and suppress or cast-off memories that are too painful to continue to carry.” Continue reading
Category Archives: Interviews
Cleaning House with Jen Beagin
by Lisa Peet
“I was somewhat well-read, well-spoken, and well-dressed. In other words, I looked like my clients, and was able to bullshit with them about the art on their walls and the books on their shelves. I wasn’t completely invisible, even when I wanted to be.” Continue reading
“I’m Allowing for More Contradictions”: Q&A with Daren Dean
by Evelyn Somers
“There is violence in my stories, but there is also tenderness, love. I’m interested in those things and everything in between. Often violence arises in a character who feels misunderstood. Words fail them, and they turn to what should be a very last resort.”
Remembering, Revering, Revealing Pauline Kael: Q & A With Rob Garver
by Sonya Chung
“Even if you felt she was wrong about a movie, she was always enlightening—or funny, or maybe rude, or all three at once. And she believed that at his best, a critic could be an artist too.” Continue reading
Authors / Debut Authors / Features / Fiction / Interviews
How Villa Became Villa: Q&A with Cameron MacKenzie
by Alice Stephens
“Scholarship is the ongoing work of clarifying the historical record. The fiction writer is after emotional truth. ” Continue reading
Secretary to the Thousand Things: A Conversation with Jeff Oaks
by Nancy Koerbel
“Quite a few friends who’d already published books told me, with a degree of sympathy, that getting a book out doesn’t really change your life . . .But they were wrong. It did change my life, by which I mean my feeling of my life.” Continue reading
Live & Uncensored: A G-rated chat with Leland Cheuk
by Andy Shi
“Hor Lee is…as un-PC as any set from Dave Chappelle or Bill Burr, but his scathing jokes assumes a supportive role behind his heartfelt efforts to remake himself and reconnect with his family.” Continue reading
