Narrative
There is no more mysterious force than the act of storytelling.
By Johanna Zwirner
Olivia Laing
Critique is a tool for understanding, but it’s not the end of the process.
in conversation with Keegan Brady
Mary Gaitskill
I didn’t know how to be socially, but I understood sex.
in conversation with Emmanuel Olunkwa
Garrett Bradley
I’m most interested in making form work harder and in service of subject matter.
in conversation with Zora Simpson Casebere
Ben Lerner
Like a worm or octopus, a novel can have more than one heart.
in conversation with Zoë Hitzig
Doreen St. Félix
I had always had in my head that criticism becomes criticism once it’s published.
in conversation with Emmanuel Olunkwa
Lynne Tillman
I’ve never felt quite like a woman because I disobeyed.
in conversation with Sophie Poole
Brandon Taylor
People betray themselves and others all the time.
in conversation with Johanna Zwirner
Samuel R. Delany
Goethe remarked, back in the 18th century, that a man of 50 knows no more than a man of 20; they just know different things.
in conversation with Keegan Brady
Vivian Gornick
I am one of those feminists who concentrates on what we did accomplish rather than what we didn’t.
in conversation with Sophie Poole
Lorrie Moore
Novelists are always living in an alternative universe. One walks back and forth through a gossamer curtain.
in conversation with Johanna Zwirner
Dennis Cooper
I was already the enemy to a lot of the activists, because I wasn’t representing gays in a positive way.
in conversation with Ryan Mangione
Rachel Kushner
Writing has to feel like the appointment you were meant to keep.
in conversation with Zoë Hitzig