Our man in New Hampshire snags a fascinating conversation with the New Yorker's principal political voice Hendrik Hertzberg about his new book, the president's 12-step politics, and why the New York Times Book Review should avoid sexing up.
Once upon a time, the CIA was stocked with Yalie do-gooders, liberal spooks who were going to change the world. A conversation with the master novelist and former agent about a dying breed, posing as a reporter undercover, and the different ways to describe success in publishing.
Is the American publishing world a playground for pansies? Do all diners in fancy New York restaurants look European? Our man in New Hampshire talks to the novelist about her new book, love for boys, and respect for the prime minister.
Our man in New Hampshire talks with critic and author James Wood about his professional dilemmas, what makes for appealing style in fiction, and which stings more, getting panned as a critic or as a novelist.
Author Michael Lewis talks about his wave-making book Moneyball and the current state of baseball, plus what's good and bad with journalism today, Red Sox paranoia, and the joys of screenwriting.
Our man in New Hampshire talks with Jim Harrison, author extraordinaire, about life in Montana, female chauvinism, navel-gazing in New York, and how a good MFA program might be established.
Some nights you want a period romance, some nights a claustrophobic babble-drama, and some nights you just want a ripping adventure story that will keep you awake. A conversation with novelist Ben Jones about his new book of Arctic exploration.
Ulysses S. Grant and Elizabeth Bishop never met, but we can imagine how the conversation might have gone. A conversation with author Rachel Cohen about her book of road trips and crossed paths, including many of America's best writers.
America may believe in its own exceptionalism, but it's also been exceptionally involved in Haiti's history. A conversation with American Book Award-winner Edwidge Danticat about the current state of Haiti and the current state of her stories.
Most cities (save New York) have a crime-writer-in-residence, and D.C. is lucky to call George Pelecanos a local. A conversation with the author about his new book, the daily grind, and what it's like to write a TV show with a dream team of novelists.
