For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate.Published on July 13, 2021. — Aminatta Forna was born in Scotland, raised in Sierra Leone and Great Britain and spent periods of her childhood in Iran, Thailand and Zambia. She is the award-winning author of
For the full interview, see it on Chicago Review of Books.Published on March 9, 2021. — I had the best time talking with Forsyth Harmon about her cats (living and dead), writing vs. drawing, 90s aesthetics, and her new illustrated novel Justine! The
In my second Wellesley Writes It interview of 2020, I emailed with Anissa M. Bouziane '87 , author of Dune Song. Here's the beginning of the interview: Anissa M. Bouziane Anissa M. Bouziane ’87 was born in Tennessee, the daughter of a Moroccan
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Published on November 12, 2019. — Carmen Maria Machado is the author of the memoir In the Dream House and the short story collection Her Body and Other Parties, which was a finalist for the National Book Award and the
Happy publication day to Elizabeth Chiles Shelburne and her beautiful, dark, devastating book, Holding On To Nothing, which is out today from Blair! Everyone go buy a copy and read it right now and I am not just saying that
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
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Published on October 19, 2016. — Suki Kim is an investigative journalist, novelist, and the only writer ever to live undercover in North Korea. In 2011, Kim Jong Il’s final year, Kim spent six months
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Originally published on June 13, 2016. — Lily Brooks-Dalton is the author of Motorcycles I’ve Loved: A Memoir(Riverhead Books, 2015), which was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award. In addition to her memoir, Brooks-Dalton
For the full essay, see it on The Rumpus. Originally published on November 5, 2015. — Save three stray years, I have lived in Massachusetts my entire life. It’s a small state, and running into people I know is rarely a surprise. Sitting on
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Originally published on November 4, 2015. — In the eighth of her series of interviews with women who write nonfiction, E.B. Bartels chats with prolific author Patricia Beard. Patricia Beard has written nine books of nonfiction,