Adrienne Brodeur on a Secret’s Destructive Allure
To be made party to her mother’s secrets was, for teenage Adrienne Brodeur, at first a sign of their deep…
Amy Gall
Amy Gall is an essayist, reporter, and fiction writer. Her work has appeared in Vice, Guernica, PANK, and Joyland, among others. She earned her MFA in creative writing from The New School and currently lives in Brooklyn.
Breaking the Frame: Sarah Broom Unearths Her Family’s Story in “The Yellow House”
The author of the stunning new memoir “The Yellow House” took a reporter’s tools to trace her New Orleans family’s…
The Right to Fiction: Jordy Rosenberg on “Confessions of the Fox”
The author of the groundbreaking new novel “Confessions of the Fox” talks about creating a transgender hero in 18th-century London.
Luis Alberto Urrea on Writing “The Mexican Finnegans Wake”
The author of “House of Broken Angels” on his multigenerational family saga.
No Man an Island: Christopher Bollen on the “Bodily” Thriller
The author of “The Destroyers” talks about fantasies of the end of the world and the hidden side of male…
Patricia Lockwood Finds Her Calling
The pioneering poet and memoirist on her new book “Priestdaddy,” and how a confrontation with religious orthodoxy gave her a…
Burn the Village Down: Melissa Febos on “Abandon Me”
“There’s something incredibly freeing about being hurt,” says the author of the new memoir “Abandon Me.” A conversation with Amy…
We Can’t Go Back: Mohsin Hamid on “Exit West”
“There’s a gnawing sense among most people it seems to me in most countries I go to, that things aren’t…
Brit Bennett: “Loss Keeps Circling”
Secrets, friendship, love, lust, and small choices that change the course of lives: Brit Bennett talks about the inspirations for…
Those People Are Me: Nicole Dennis-Benn on “Here Comes the Sun”
The author of a new novel following the lives of four Jamaican women talks about finding a way to represent…
The Opposite of Labels: Garrard Conley
The author of “Boy Erased” on dealing with the trauma of “gay conversion therapy,” identifying with Hester Prynne, and fighting…
The Call of the Outsider: Kaitlyn Greenidge
The author of “We Love You, Charlie Freeman” talks about the genesis of her novel, in which a family engage…