Charles Baxter
The author covers topics such as his new book, Saul and Patsy, Chekhov's medical career, politics, Minnesota, and what it's like to have your work made into film.
Interviews
A collection of 145 issues
Julie Orringer
American literature may over-adore the short story, but that doesn't mean some great stories aren't being written. A conversation with writer Julie Orringer about New Orleans, snarkism, and the relative ease of brain surgery.
Malcolm Gladwell
Author of The Tipping Point and a connoisseur of RonCo products, Malcolm Gladwell talks about his writing habits, the war effort, and the glory of being confused for Tommy Lee.
Gail Caldwell
A critic's life can be a happy one, with the right frame of mind. A conversation with Pulitzer-prize winner Gail Caldwell about a life well read, 19th-century novels, and the changing of hearts.
Clueless in Academe: An Interview with Gerald Graff
Professors complain that each year’s batch of students are more clueless than the last, but could they be the ones in the dark? Our writer interviews author and academic Gerald Graff on who’s to blame for the failures in our classrooms.
Douglas Coupland
It's a good world when Americans and Canadians can still get along. A conversation with author Douglas Coupland about Columbine, art projects, pus-bags, and that sexy country of sin up north.
75,000,000 Toddlers Can't Be Wrong
Steve Burns, the former host of Nickleodeon's kids show Blue's Clues, has embarked on a new career path: musician.
To the Teen Beat of His Own Drummer
Maybe you only know him as "the other one" from Weird Science, but Ilan Mitchell-Smith is a former actor turned real human being (and Ph.D. candidate, no less).
Is Gotham the New Interstate?
Most graphic designers are lazy about type, so when they find a font they like, they stick to it. In the ’90s, everyone used Interstate. Dmitri Siegel interviews Tobias Frere-Jones, Interstate’s designer, to see if he’s drawn the next big face.
A Chat With Penny, Chatterbot
Computers are taking over the world, and recently they’ve started talking back.