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 […]
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
April 30, 2019
Over at Brooklyn Rail, I interviewed Sarah Rose Etter about here excellent new novel The Book of X. “The exchange between visual art and writing deserves a lot more exploration. Constantly, I was asking myself how the scenes in this book would look if they were painted or made into a movie, then aiming for something […]
April 3, 2019
My interview with Ann Beattie ran at the Los Angeles Review of Books blog on April 2, 2019. We talked about her new novel, food, and terrible writing advice. She also gave me the OK to include this terrific photo.
August 8, 2018
There Was No Up or Down: A Conversation with Kate Christensen I had the pleasure of interviewing Kate Christensen about her new novel The Last Cruise. It ran in the LA Review of Books blog on 8/8/18. Here’s a taste: What’s the worst vacation you’ve ever been on? If happy vacations are all alike, maybe […]