A Debut That Unearths Stories Lurking in Louisiana’s Swampland
BOMB Magazine Founder Betsy Sussler talks Aristophanes, Faulkner, and the enigmatic presence of the American South in "Station of the Birds"
Debut novelist Avigayl Sharp discusses Nabokov, sincerity, and writing trauma without revealing it in “Offseason”
“The Future” author Monica Ferrell on motherhood, mortality, and how writing carries part of us into the future
Eve J. Chung's “The Young Will Remember” centers the silenced survivors of the "Forgotten War" and asks what patriotism demands
"Carryout" author, Hasan Dudar discusses the contradictory authenticity of immigrant life and holding onto homelands
Jiyoung Han’s “Honey in the Wound” follows a magical Korean family surviving Japanese occupation
The “Fat Swim” author on fairytales, writing sentence by sentence, and keeping favorite authors on hand (literally)
Patrick Cottrell’s "Afternoon Hours of a Hermit" forges a literary universe of mirrors, doublings, and mystery
Author of "/face" William Lessard on facial recognition, surveillance, and the myth of the analog poet
Mahreen Sohail and Dur e Aziz Amna on the problem with naming real places in literature
The author of “Chain Gang All-Stars” on writing across disciplines and releasing his debut album, “The Pisces Sciatica”
In “My Dear You,” Rachel Khong explores the strangeness of the everyday
“Day Care” author Nora Lange on writing while walking, notes we leave ourselves, and the mother as chimera