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Sunday, January 1 1995

Killing to be Clever: Alone with Max Barry

By Nikki Tranter

Max Barry has been called this generation's answer to George Orwell. But how bleak is his vision of the future, really? PopMatters books critic Nikki Tranter investigates.

The Baseball Team Who Saved One Another: An Interview with John Albert

By Jodie Janella Horn

'There's nothing subversive about getting a Mohawk and walking around Silver Lake. When I was 16, if you got a tattoo, it was like, 'What the fuck are you doing?' There was nobody doing that. [Now] everyone is covered in tattoos. It means nothing. Dyeing your hair pink means nothing. Putting a metal post through your nose doesn't mean anything.' Jodie Janella Horn talks to John Albert about music, baseball, James Frey, and punk-rock death.

The Right Thing: An Interview with Claire LaZebnik

By Nikki Tranter

Fed up with women's literature creating heroes out of lazy women who lie, cheat and steal to reach the top, Claire LaZebnik decided it was time to take a look at the other side of the coin.

You Don’t Know What You Think You Know: An Interview with Museum of Hoaxes Curator Alex Boese

By Glenn McDonald

'The scams that advertisers, politicians, and the media get away with frustrate me enormously, and I often wonder why people allow themselves to be manipulated so easily.' Glenn McDonald talks to author and Hoax Expert, Alex Boese

Roaring the Truth: An Interview with Steve Almond

By Stephen M. Deusner

'There are people out there cheering for war, treating those deaths like some kind of athletic event. How sick do we have to be that this is not only acceptable, but virtually unchallenged by other politicians or clergy or anyone? And it's artists who have to stand up and be counted. Right now.' Stephen M. Deusner talks to Steve Almond.

Salvation Artist

By Jodie Janella Horn

Dirty Found is on tour. Co-created by Jason Bitner, the magazine celebrates the smuttiest photos, notes, and other paraphernalia left laying about the world. Jodie Janella Horn caught up with Bitner in Los Angeles. 'I'm not an artist,' Bitner tells her. She begs to differ.

Cubicle Comedy: Interview with Pete Flies

By Nikki Tranter

'Success is an act. I think it's funny when people say, 'I could never be an actor,' and it's what we do all the time, in work, relationships, life in general.' Inspired as much by Voltaire's Candide as Mike Judge's Office Space, Pete Flies talks about Memoirs of a Virus Programmer.

Interview with Mara Leveritt

By Nikki Tranter

Nikki Tratner interviews Mara Leveritt, author of Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three, on the details behind the indictment of three Arkansas boys for a group of gruesome 1993 murders.

PopMatters Book Interview

By Nikki Tranter

You name it, Kevin Murphy saw it in 2001. And lived to tell the tale.

What She Loves: A Chat with Laura Pedersen

By Jackie Regales

From millionaire Wall Street whiz kid to novelist with fans covering the literary spectrum, life looks mighty good for Laura Pedersen. Jackie Regales spoke to Pedersen about Her Brilliant Career.

One Good Sentence with Another: An Interview with Melissa Bank

By John Davidson

Melissa Bank discusses her new novel, the writing process, and what it feels like for a girl...

‘Writing Illness’ Cured: Interview with Paul Levine

By Christine Forte

Thriller author Paul Levine swapped his big-time legal career for the life of a full-time writer. His friends thought his foolish -- he says he had no other choice.

Lessening the Damage: Interview with Dorothy Allison

By Ellise Fuchs

I started out as a feminist activist when I was about 18 or 19, marching as an anti-war activist and lesbian feminist. Here I am 55 years old, and I'm having to fight for exactly the same issues all over again, with an enemy, an implacable enemy, who keeps coming back at me as if we have not been fighting for 35 years to establish these rights..

Words and Music: An Interview with David Niall Wilson

By Nikki Tranter

'Write what hurts you'. Author David Niall Wilson discusses his writing philosophy with PopMatters. In doing so, he finds time to reflect on the state of contemporary horror writing, the dangers of being too literary, and how the blues inspired his latest novel, Deep Blue.

A Court of Their Own

By John Davidson

PopMatters talks to Johnette Howard, author of The Rivals, a book exploring one of the greatest rivalries in all of sports: Chris Evert vs. Martina Navratilova.

Vigilance: An Interview with Lillian Faderman

By Ellise Fuchs

Lillian Faderman might be described as a cat who roars. Soft-spoken, attentive, and highly intelligent, she's made her name as an academic and activist.

His Anal Queen: Down and Dirty with Alessandro Porco

By Nikki Tranter

'While I do have an affection for Jill Kelly, I wouldn't call it an obsession. Obsession is the sort of word one immediately associates with statements like, 'Your Honor, my client promises to keep the court-ordered mandatory distance away from...'' Alessandro Porco talks about The Jill Kelly Poems, his ode to porn star that reveals a lot more about the male psyche than perhaps it intended.

An Interview with Tibor Fischer

By Deirdre Day-MacLeod

British author Tibor Fischer talks to PopMatters about his new book Voyage to the End of the Room and how London is becoming a 'hellhole'.

Folk Explosion: An Interview with Rick Moody

By Anne K. Yoder

'I'm tired of double kick-drumming and death-metal guitar tunings and guys yelling about how much trouble they're having with their girlfriends.' Rick Moody talks to PopMatters about his musical life.

Thinking a Little Harder: An Interview with Jodi Picoult

By Nikki Tranter

From her San Francisco hotel room, Picoult talks about Vanishing Acts, her writing life, the impact of her fan-friendly website on her work, and why it's okay not to be Dan Brown.

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