September 9, 2019
In my latest essay for LitHub, I wrote about Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast novels and the Big Book of Classic Fantasy.
The Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Defies Easy Genre Categorization
July 22, 2019
I continued my conversation with Robert Macfarlane and also spoke with translator Emily Wilson about the notion of “thin places” and the slippages between the real and the extra-real.
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 more wild, new, and true.”
April 22, 2019