Interviews

Movements, Activism and Writing YA with Elizabeth Acevedo, Jennifer de Leon, Lilliam Rivera and Natalia Sylvester

On August 28, 2020, Natalia Sylvester, Elizabeth Acevedo, Jennifer de Leon, and Lilliam Rivera joined…

We cannot afford to be silent: VIRAMONTES AND GAITSKILL in conversation

On November 11th 2016 Mary Gaitskill and Helena Viramontes shared a stage for the first…

Wayfinding: A Conversation with Chloë Bass

Chloë Bass’s Wayfinding is comprised of twenty-four site-specific sculptures at St. Nicholas Park, across from…

On the Immigrant Experience and Where’s Home: A Conversation with Angie Cruz and Rajia Hassib

A conversation about the immigrant experience and the concept of home with Angie Cruz and…

Imagining the Future/ The Future of the Imagination: Emily Raboteau and Nelly Rosario

January 12, 2020- Under the Volcano, Tepoztlán, MexicoModerated by: Magda Bogin Magda Bogin:  Both Nelly…

Wanting Rooms: Carley Moore and Nicole Calihan in Conversation

Across time and space, Carley Moore and Nicole Calihan meet to have a conversation to…

Ayşe Papatya Bucak: On Optimism in the Face of War, the History of Sponge-Diving, and Having an Open Borders Imagination

Bucak’s wry humor and easy storyteller’s voice persists throughout her collection, The Trojan War Museum…

Nina Subin
Crystal Hana Kim: On Love, Empathy and Maternal Ambivalence

If You Leave Me, the debut novel of Crystal Hana Kim, consistently topped best of lists for 2018.…

Beyond Borders: Immigrant Women Writers In Conversation

Angie Cruz: In response to Trump’s election and the rise of the #metoo movement, Irina…

Sean Gandert: What does it mean to be a person while the world is burning?

Set in Albuquerque and steeped in magic and Catholicism, Sean Gandert’s novel American Saint uses…