Interviews
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interviews
Steve Almond, interviewed by Dawn Raffel
Steve Almond
Steve Almond likes to mix it up. The short story writer/novelist/journalist/ blogger/provocateur-at-large has engaged in intellectual pugilism...
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Finding Angela Carter: An Interview with Biographer Edmund Gordon
Edmund Gordon
In a new and insightful biography, The Invention of Angela Carter, author Edmund Gordon looks at the life of this often mythologized writer, while...
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interviews
Alice Mattison, interviewed by Sarai Walker
Alice Mattison
The legendary teacher and writer talks to Sarai Walker about penning a book on writing (The Kite and the String), the importance of diverse voices...
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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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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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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
Matt NelsonMatt Nelson talks with the author of Mundo Cruel about why he doesn’t want to become the next Bolaño, how journalism helps his...
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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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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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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