March 9, 2022
https://brooklynrail.org/2022/03/books/MARK-HABER-in-conversation-with-Andrew-Ervin “For me personally, literature makes the world more bearable and less uncertain. It may be a reliance, as you say, but I often think it’s a healthy reliance. Having literature, music and art to escape is a solace for so many people. It shouldn’t be at the expense of your community or the people […]
November 12, 2020
“As in fiction, I have a particular fondness for flawed and unlikeable characters. In writing “Lost Tomb of the Bitchin’ Chimera,” I tried to meet the players and their characters halfway, and to leave them plenty of room to make mistakes and inspire each other. That’s the fun, and it’s not entirely dissimilar from what […]
May 5, 2020
I spoke with Lawrence Schick (aka Lawrence Ellsworth) about working for Gary Gygax in the early days of Dungeons & Dragons, writing one of that game’s most famous adventures, world building, writing for video games, and, now, translating several million words of Dumas. “My first writing job was working for Gary Gygax on material for Dungeons […]
January 31, 2020
My interview with Amber Sparks, about her new story collection And I Do Not Forgive You, is up at Untoward. Please give it a read. “I started writing these pieces, my revenges, I called them, and they only existed for me to pour all of myself and my sorrow and all my other useless feelings […]
June 6, 2019
Over at LitHub, I interviewed Robert Macfarlane about his latest book, Underland. Robert Macfarlane Finds a Little Hope in the World’s Darkest Places