An Interview with Joy Callaway

The author discusses Gilded Age society, family loyalty, and the enduring power of art

An Interview with Jen Conley

The short-story writer talks crime fiction, Jersey, and the Boss

An Interview with Sebastian Junger

“The human concern for others would seem to be the one story that, adequately told, no person can fully bear to hear.”

An Interview with Robert W. McChesney

The professor offers a sobering yet hopeful assessment of modern-day America

An Interview with Janice P. Nimura

In Daughters of the Samurai, the author resurrects the remarkable, long-buried story of three Japanese girls sent to America in the 1870s.

An Interview with Monica Hesse

The Washington Post reporter and YA novelist talks about her latest book, the WWII-era Girl in the Blue Coat.

An Interview with Rebecca Traister

The author of All the Single Ladies talks marriage, pay equity, and the many ways society continues to hobble women.

An Interview with James Hannaham

The author discusses his novel Delicious Foods, which just won the 2016 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.