The tenth Non-Fiction about Non-Humans interview is up on Fiction Advocate! Rosanna Xia is the author of California Against the Sea, which examines the future of our vanishing coastline in the face of rising water. She is also an environment reporter for the Los Angeles Times, where
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Published on November 30, 2022. — Okay so I really dropped the ball on consistent monthly Non-Fiction by Non-Men interviews since my book came out but hey that doesn't mean I am
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate.Published on September 14, 2021. — Bonnie Tsui was born in Queens, New York, and raised on Long Island. She is the author of American Chinatown: A People’s History of Five Neighborhoods, winner of the 2009-2010 Asian/Pacific
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate.Published on August 5, 2020. — Melissa Valentine was born and raised in Oakland, CA. Her nonfiction has appeared in Guernica, Jezebel, and Apogee among others. Valentine is a graduate of the MFA program at Mills College, and she is
For the full interview, see it on Full Stop. Published on June 26, 2018. — In a wild turn of events, I spoke with Melissa Broder about what it's like to write (gasp!) fiction. We discussed her new novel, The Pisces, Siri as a writing
I'm posting the March installment of Non-Fiction by Non-Men a little late - sorry! I was traveling in Japan when it was published. This seems fitting, though, as one of MariNaomi's books, Turning Japanese, is all about her experience learning Japanese and traveling
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Published on December 12, 2016. — Melissa Broder is a poet, essayist, and the writer behind the Twitter account @sosadtoday. She has written an essay collection of the same name, So Sad Today (Grand Central, 2016),
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Originally published on September 14, 2016. — Virgie Tovar is a writer, speaker, and activist. She holds a Master’s degree in Human Sexuality, focusing on the intersections of body size, race, and gender, and is
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Originally published on May 16, 2016. — Ann Friedman is a freelance journalist who writes a weekly column for New York Magazine’s The Cut. She is also a regular contributor to The Los Angeles Times,