America, 1955: Thousands of wives and mothers spontaneously transform into dragons, eat their spouses, burn down their homes and then fly off to other parts of the world. What, didn’t […]
Richard Powers on Writing about the More-than-Human World
“Both Echo Maker and Bewilderment have strong ties to the ethos of a state where our present and our future are being hashed out and fought for. The vision of […]
Dantiel W. Moniz on Writing Embodied Fiction
Continuing her series of author interviews, today Ali Muldrow sits down with writer Dantiel W. Moniz to discuss her new debut collection of short stories, Milk Blood Heat. They have […]
A Conversation with Independent Filmmaker and Novelist John Sayles
For this episode, Allen interviews independent film director and writer John Sayles about his lifelong work telling stories of the working class and his latest novel, Yellow Earth, set in […]
Drifting Through A Sea of Monsters with Chloe Aridjis
Imagine a jellyfish, drifting through the ocean, carried by the current and floating endlessly throughout. That is Luisa, a seventeen year old girl and protagonist of the story “Sea Monsters: […]
Confessions of a Novelist: A Chat with Carla DuPont and David Norman
So often we read books but never hear the story behind the story. On today’s episode, guest host Harry Hawkins takes us inside the mind of two novelists: Carla DuPont […]
