High Dive
Male staff members at the Grand waded through the myths that surrounded her, enjoying the feeling of being stuck.
Garth Greenwell: Accessing The Ecstatic
Lincoln Michel: Writing In The Bellies Of Beasts
The writer and editor speaks about beastliness in fiction, founding a literary journal, and avoiding the lure of “faux-weirdness” in his work.
Leslie Jamison and Ryan Spencer: Scenes From the End of the World
The writer and photographer on their first book collaboration, the connection between Hollywood blockbusters and climate change, and how “shared terror” can make us feel less alone.
Chris Parris-Lamb: The Art Of Agenting
The literary agent on gatekeeping, the truth behind big advances, and why Amazon neglects the “humanity to good books.”
Zia Haider Rahman: How Do You Know?
The Bangladeshi-British writer on news versus novels, swapping rural poverty for Wall Street, and “the power of story on the human mind.”
Fiona McCrae: The Art of Independent Publishing
The publisher of Graywolf on the pleasure of finding books others have overlooked.
Elisabeth Schmitz: Editing Under The Radar
The vice president and editorial director of Grove Atlantic on the art of literary editing, why publishers shouldn’t turn their backs on risk-taking writing, and how the first novel she ever bought went on to transform her career.
Rachel Kushner: The Useless Truth
The National Book Award finalist on what makes a great sentence and channeling Roberto Bolaño.
Nick Laird: A Gap in Definitions
Ayana Mathis: A Question of Faith
The debut novelist on the Great Migration and nation-building, conflations of race and class, and her “belief in belief."
Another Kind of Life
The American writer discusses turning his back on showy prose, being labelled an “erotic” author, and “the importance of being somebody.”
