Vis-à-Vis

Brian and I sat down in an office room at Washington University in St. Louis to discuss his career, his influences, the power (and limits) of fiction, and his upcoming projects.

Solomon and I sat down to discuss writing rituals, the particularity of black Philadelphia, and disgruntlement as a rite of passage.

Tiana Clark on her debut poetry collection and how to structure a poem, a book, an essay, a writing life.

Jericho Brown on the beginnings of his career, his evolving writing process, and what it means to “stay vulnerable to the work” in a culture that primes us to run away from intimacy.

Kelly Link on writing in the company of other writers, character names, and beginnings

Cole Swensen on the relationship between walking and poetry, the rhythm of writing, and the beauty of facts.

Christine Schutt on how her writing has changed over the years, her early love of Virginia Woolf’s biography, and her dream of writing a happy novel.

Lynne Tillman, visiting Hurst Professor in Fiction at Washington University in St. Louis for Fall 2016, speaks with MFA candidate Joel Sherman about writing…

On Wednesday, September 28th I sat down with 2016 Assembly Series writer and former Washington University alum Garth Risk Hallberg…

Dan Beachy-Quick on the ethical work of the poem, language as inherited crisis, the expression of silence, and refiguring desire.