Interviews

Interviews

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  • Stephana Ferrell, Co-Founder of the Florida Freedom to Read Project, Is Fighting to Keep the Sunshine State out of the Dark 

    Thursday October 8
  • ‘1991 and 2026 Share a Sickness’: Debut Novelist Adam Nelson on Racial Representations in America

    Thursday October 8
  • 20 Years Ago, Patricia McCormick Wrote a Novel About Sexual Violence to ‘Open Hearts.’ Now It’s the Most Banned Book in the Country. 

    Thursday October 8
  • ‘Time to Get off the Couch’: Multicultural Children’s Book Publisher Urges Anti-Censorship Advocacy 

    Friday October 2
  • On Love, Loss, and the Sweetness That Surrounds Them: Nao-Cola Yamazaki Discusses U.S. Publication Debuts

    Thursday September 24
  • Isabel J. Kim’s Sci-Fi Debut Cracks the Immigrant Experience Wide Open

    Thursday September 10
  • Literary Photographer Beowulf Sheehan’s Ode to Cormac McCarthy Captures the Elusive Author’s Sense of Mystery

    Monday August 31
  • 3 Years After Winning the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize, Sonia Feldman Publishes Vibrant Coming-of-Age Debut Novel 

    Monday August 24
  • In ‘Brother Epistles: A Sister’s Memoir,’ Shanda McManus Navigates Grief and Her Own Identity After Loss

    Thursday August 20
  • With Ruta Sepetys’ A Fortune of Sand, A Book Idea Sewn 50 Years Ago Blooms at Last 

    Thursday August 6
  • Six Years After ‘The 1619 Project’ Prompts First Modern Educational Gag Order, Nikole Hannah-Jones Has Learned How to Fight Back 

    Friday July 24
  • Crash Into Me Is The Book Robinne Lee Always Wanted to Read

    Thursday July 9
  • In Davin Malasarn’s Family Drama, An Exorcism Is Just the Beginning 

    Thursday July 2
  • A woman with long dark hair is smiling, and next to her is the cover of a book titled Earth 7: A Novel by Deb Olin Unferth, featuring an illustration of Earth and a rocket.

    Novelist Deb Olin Unferth Is Mourning All That We’ll Lose on Earth 

    Thursday June 25
  • A man wearing glasses and a dark shirt stands in a hallway next to the book cover for Rap on Trial: Race, Lyrics, and Guilt in America by Erik Nielson and Andrea L. Dennis, featuring an illustration of a rapper.

    Rap Isn’t a Crime: Advocates Aim to Get Restrictions on Using Rap Lyrics as Evidence Passed in More States

    Thursday June 18