PERFORMANCE
How David Lynch and Agatha Christie Inspired Katie Kitamura’s Latest Literary Thriller
April 17, 2025
Just before the release of her fifth novel, “Audition,” the author joined us to explain how she conceived of the book’s thorny experiments with structure and unreality.
FICTION
Can a Trans Writer Be America’s Next Great Novelist? Torrey Peters Thinks So.
March 12, 2025
Earlier this month, we visited the “Detransition, Baby” author at her Brooklyn apartment to talk about writing amidst the Trump administration’s assault on trans rights.
NOVELISTS
“Always Hold the Reader’s Hand”: Adam Ross, in Conversation With Taffy Brodesser-Akner
March 6, 2025
The author of the sprawling New York novel “Playworld” joined Taffy Brodesser-Akner for a wide-ranging conversation about memory, trauma, irony, and reading reviews.
ONLINE
Jeremy Gordon on Media Jobs, Male Loneliness, and Modern Malaise
March 4, 2025
“That failed middle class of the millennial generation was certainly on my mind,” said the author when he joined us to discuss his debut novel, “See Friendship.”
IN CONVERSATION
Obsessed With Awards Season? Then Daniel D’Addario’s The Talent Is For You.
February 25, 2025
The author and Chief Correspondent at Variety joined Katie Kitamura to talk about his debut novel, “The Talent,” and the dark underbelly of a Hollywood awards season.
DEBUT
A Woman and a Blob Walk Into a Bar. Author Maggie Su Can Tell You the Rest.
January 28, 2025
The author, whose debut novel “Blob” depicts a surreal and unlikely love story, joined us to talk about first loves, overbearing parents, and Asian-American stereotypes.
LIT
In the Novels of Susan Minot, Women Get to Be Delusional Too
October 16, 2024
To mark the release of her latest novel, “Don’t Be a Stranger,” author Susan Minot talked to us about obsession, maternity, and the importance of doing stupid things.
LIT
Rachel Kushner on Creation Lake, Political Fiction, and Staying Off Twitter
October 10, 2024
The award-winning novelist joined us to talk about her latest book, “Creation Lake,” and the writers who inspire her, from Don DeLillo to Cormac McCarthy.
LIT
Garth Greenwell on Art, Sex, and the Human Urge For Self-Destruction
September 18, 2024
Before releasing his third work of fiction, “Small Rain,” the award-winning author talked to Ruth Madievsky about finding the strange pleasure in self-annihilation.
LIT
“Masturbatory Is a Compliment”: Tony Tulathimutte on Corniness and Rejection
September 17, 2024
“Nobody is at their best in the events that are depicted,” the author says of the characters in “Rejection,” his latest work of fiction. “They all go on the shit tier, unfortunately.”
LIT
“Every Sentence Matters”: Eugene Marten, in Conversation With Blake Butler
August 16, 2024
The author, who borrowed the anti-hero from Errol Morris’s documentary “Mr. Death” for his novel “Layman’s Report,” talked to Blake Butler about “the impossible art.”
LIT
Author Sarah Manguso on Men, Marriage, and Writing Out of Rage
July 24, 2024
“If I were being deadly honest,” says the author of the explosive new novel, “Liars,” “I would say that rage has fueled most of what I’ve produced in my life.”
LIT
In Author Laura van den Berg’s Latest Novel, Things Are Getting Weird in Florida
July 10, 2024
To mark her sixth novel, the surreal “State of Paradise,” the author talked to us about Freud, Florida, and writing speculative fiction for the post-pandemic age.
LIT
How Rachel Khong Fit Magic, Maoism, and Genetic Manipulation Into Her New Novel
April 30, 2024
“I wouldn’t call it sci-fi because I’m scared of offending that community, but there is science in this book,” says the “Real Americans” author. “There’s also a little bit of magic.”
LIT
Nicolette Polek Found God in a Dilapidated Opera House
April 19, 2024
Just before the publication of her novel “Bitter Water Opera,” the author talked to us about converting to Christianity and living off the land.
LIT
Marissa Higgins on BookTok, Lesbian Fiction, and Her Debut Novel
April 12, 2024
Before the publication of her debut novel “A Good Happy Girl,” author Marissa Higgins told us why the book’s protagonist isn’t an easy sell.
LIT
In The Stone Home, Crystal Hana Kim Uncovers a Dark Chapter in Korean History
April 5, 2024
“When I’m writing, I always start with questions but I don’t necessarily expect to find answers,” says the author of “The Stone Home,” a new novel about the legacy of South Korean internment camps.
ICON
Armistead Maupin Still Remembers Doing Poppers With Rock Hudson
March 6, 2024
“The moment I had my hand in his, the lights went out,” says Maupin, reminiscing on his dalliance with the heartthrob Rock Hudson. “We got together on various occasions.”
LIT
How Venita Blackburn Wrote a Sci-Fi Novel About Sex, Grief, and Debt Collection
February 2, 2024
“Remember, we don’t believe in debt.”
LIT
Couplets Author Maggie Millner Can’t Help But Break the Rules
January 24, 2024
“Plato had a theory that poets should probably be banished from society.”