Susannah Felts on ‘The Come Apart’ and Creating for Creatives
In Susannah Felts’ The Come Apart, artistic value isn’t tethered to personal ability or metrics of success; she asks us to sit with a deeper question that creatives must contend with.
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Translation As a Tool of Power: An Interview with Novelist R.F. Kuang
Award-winning author, translator, and academic R.F. Kuang’s newest novel, Babel, dives into the depths of deception wrought by colonialism, empire, and language.
Author Kate Wisel on the Powerful Paradox of Linked Collections
Kate Wisel, author of Driving in Cars with Homeless Men, shares her thoughts on writing linked story collections, drawing inspiration from real life, and adapting her work for television.
‘Sideways’ and ‘The Archivist’ Author Rex Pickett on the Lure of Dark Archives
Irreverent and with skin as thick as a pachyderm, mystery author Rex Pickett talks with PopMatters about the forces that compelled him to write The Archivist.
Of Art and Magic: An Interview with Novelist Porochista Khakpour
Porochista Khakpour talks with PopMatters about her novel, The Last Illusion, which explores what happens when magical thinking consumes a person or even a society.