MP Johnson Week: The Interview
MP Johnson Week continues with an interview with, you guessed it, MP Johnson. Continue reading MP Johnson Week: The Interview
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CCLaP Journal #4 is here!
At a reduced price, CCLaP Journal #4 has great reviews, featured photographers, and an interview with Cory Doctorow. Continue reading CCLaP Journal #4 is here!
The Marshall Moore Interview
I recently reviewed Bitter Orange, by Marshall Moore at CCLaP. In this interview with the author, we discuss the superhero genre, the concept of self-loathing, and scheduling creative writing projects around a busy work life. Continue reading The Marshall Moore Interview
The MP Johnson Interview
I recently reviewed MP Johnson’s bizarro lit novel, The After-Life Story of Pork Knuckles Malone, a touching tale about a boy who runs away to Green Bay, WI with his favorite pig, Pork Knuckles Malone. I had the privilege of seeing MP Johnson perform live at CONvergence in Bloomington, MN. He read an excerpt of his novel as well as his short, “Berserkoids are here!” We talked about the bizarro genre, pork products from Aldi, and why Lloyd Kaufman hasn’t called. Continue reading The MP Johnson Interview
The Arthur J. Magida Interview
I interviewed Arthur J. Magida, author of the Nazi Seance, about a Jewish clairvoyant active in Nazi Germany. We discuss serendipity, critical reading, and sensationalism in the media. Continue reading The Arthur J. Magida Interview
An Interview with Joao Cerqueira
Today I interview Joao Cerqueira, the Portuguese writer who wrote The Tragedy of Fidel Castro. We discuss God, Communism, and art. Continue reading An Interview with Joao Cerqueira
An Interview with Seth Kaufman
Recently I reviewed Seth Kaufman’s “reality TV novel” The King of Pain over on CCLaP. We discuss literature, TV, reading, and The Jersey Shore’s responsibility for the cultural apocalypse. Continue reading An Interview with Seth Kaufman
An Interview with Marc Schuster
What inspired you to write The Singular Exploits of Wonder Mom and Super Girl? I was working on a paper in graduate school when I started reading a pair of books called The Steel Drug and Cocaine Changes. As the titles suggest, they were about cocaine, and they included case studies of people who had used and abused cocaine. Some of them were very compelling, but due to the nature of the books, the stories were also very fragmentary. With The Singular Exploits of Wonder Mom and Party Girl I wanted to flesh out some of the details in a … Continue reading An Interview with Marc Schuster
An Interview with Lisa Flowers, Founder of Vulgar Marsala Press
Can you explain why you named your press Vulgar Marsala? We’re named for an image in DH Lawrence’s “Medlars and Sorb Apples”, from his seminal/groundbreaking collection “Birds, Beasts, and Flowers”. I toyed with an assortment of names that encompassed a lot of literary and mythological and film references, etc, but ultimately this one stuck…more intuitively/impulsively than intellectually. It’s an eye-catching name…maybe an amusingly misleading one, until you know what its axe is (some have even assumed it’s some kind of sex publication /site, what with the word “vulgar”). What attracted you to the work of Chad Faries? I’ve described his … Continue reading An Interview with Lisa Flowers, Founder of Vulgar Marsala Press
Interview with Martin Shepard, co-founder of the Permanent Press
The Permanent Press is a small publisher based in Sag Harbor, New York. With high standards and a small staff, the Permanent Press possesses both the longevity and critical acclaim usually associated with larger publishers. Martin and Judy Shepard approach the business of publishing with small print runs and putting out only a dozen new titles every year. Unlike the mainstream conglomerates, the Permanent Press is more of an artisan than an agent of mass production. Martin Shepard, co-founder of the Permanent Press I had the opportunity to ask Martin Shepard, co-founder of Permanent Press, some questions about the book … Continue reading Interview with Martin Shepard, co-founder of the Permanent Press
The Driftless Area Review 