Interviews
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Interviews
Viet Thanh Nguyen Talks to Noreen Tomassi
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Viet Thanh Nguyen won the 2015 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize for his debut novel, The Sympathizer. Here, he talks to our Executive Director...
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Interviews
Tiphanie Yanique Talks to Noreen Tomassi
Tiphanie Yanique
Noreen Tomassi talks to the winner of the 2014 Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize talks about her social responsibility as a writer from the Virgin...
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Interviews
Margaret Wrinkle, interviewed by Noreen Tomassi
Margaret Wrinkle
Noreen Tomassi talks to the Center for Fiction’s Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize Winner about growing up in the segregated South, seeking...
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Interviews
Luis Negrón, interviewed by Matt Nelson
Luis Negrón
Matt Nelson talks with the author of Mundo Cruel about why he doesn’t want to become the next Bolaño, how journalism helps his fiction...
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Interviews
Renata Adler, interviewed by Dawn Raffel
Renata Adler
Dawn Raffel talks with the author of Speedboat and Pitch Dark about transcendant reading, writing a fine sentence, picking a fight, Isaac Babel–and Oprah.
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Interviews
Sterling Lord, interviewed by Dawn Raffel
Sterling Lord
Dawn Raffel talks with the iconic agent about Kerouac and Kesey, the thrill of discovery, and why physical books matter.
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Interviews
James Salter, interviewed by Noreen Tomassi
James Salter
On May 15, 2013 the legendary James Salter joined Center Director Noreen Tomassi for a live interview about his novel, All That Is
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Interviews
Owen King, interviewed by Noreen Tomassi
Owen King
The author of Double Feature talks with Noreen Tomassi about the long gestation of a first novel, dealing with reviews, managing expectations...
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Interviews
Ben Fountain Talks to Noreen Tomassi
Ben Fountain
Noreen Tomassi talks with the winner of the 2012 Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel prize, about Cowboys football, the war in Iraq, being the Imelda...
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Interviews
Charles Baxter Talks to MaryAnne Kolton
Charles Baxter
MaryAnne Kolton talks with Baxter about creativity, craft, and crisis.