interviews

‘The Instinct for Cooperation’ Breaks Through the Boundaries of the Graphic Novel

‘The Instinct for Cooperation’ Breaks Through the Boundaries of the Graphic Novel

Jeffrey Wilson breaks new ground, adding "graphic interview" to the expanding categories of nonfiction comics and introducing Chomsky and his political thoughts to a new audience of readers.

David Lynch and Kristine McKenna’s ‘Room to Dream’ Never Awakens

David Lynch and Kristine McKenna’s ‘Room to Dream’ Never Awakens

The legendary director behind Twin Peaks, Eraserhead, and Mulholland Drive joins co-author Kristine McKenna for a unique blend of autobiography and biography that does little to solve the mysteries of his life and work.

Christopher Hitchens Embraced and Devoured with Equal Passion

Christopher Hitchens Embraced and Devoured with Equal Passion

Christopher Hitchens’ interviews offer a tantalizing appetizer of the breadth, scope, and urgency of the legendary contrarian’s thoughts on culture and politics

Finding Personality in the Ephemeral Comic Shop

Allen Ginsberg: The Artist as Mensch

Allen Ginsberg: The Artist as Mensch

The overwhelming impression from Allen Ginsberg’s interviews is his lack of ego. He comes across, again and again, as a fundamentally decent person.

NPR Music Host Bob Boilen on the Songs That Impacted Musician’s Lives

NPR Music Host Bob Boilen on the Songs That Impacted Musician’s Lives

NPR radio personality Bob Boilen talks about his collection of interviews with artists on their life-changing songs for his book Your Song Changed My Life.

Florence Noiville’s ‘Literary Miniatures’ Reveals Souls of Giants

Florence Noiville’s ‘Literary Miniatures’ Reveals Souls of Giants

Florence Noiville’s collection of remarkable interviews with some of the world’s greatest writers, Literary Miniatures is as creative and beautiful as the works it analyzes.

‘Over Ten Tons of Internet’: An Interview with Kenneth Goldsmith, the Poet Who Tried to Print the Entire Internet

‘Over Ten Tons of Internet’: An Interview with Kenneth Goldsmith, the Poet Who Tried to Print the Entire Internet

The average professor spends the summer revising syllabi and maybe teaching a class or two. Kenneth Goldsmith spent his printing out the Internet.

Is Punk Rock Just Urban Folk Music? ‘Left of the Dial’

Trouble, Strife and Endless Crooked Notes: ‘Always in Trouble: An Oral History of ESP-Disk’

‘Black Metal: Beyond the Darkness’ Brings Darkness into Light

The Paris Review Interviews, Vols. 1-4, Edited by Philip Gourevitch