Interviews

The Inheritance in Our Blood: A Conversation with Patricia Engel and Angela Velez

Born to Colombian parents and raised in New Jersey, Patricia Engel is a novelist and short story…

Learning to Live with Outsider-ness: An Interview with Geeta Kothari

As part of the Aster(ix) in Alphabet City Series for City of Asylum Clarissa León spoke…

Angie Cruz Interviews Laura Pegram about Kweli journal

  And who will join this standing up and the ones who stood without sweet…

One’s Body is an Animal: A Conversation with Mary Gaitskill

Mary Gaitskill is the author of the story collections Bad Behavior, Because They Wanted To,…

Writing Ambition: Irina Reyn on Portraying Unsatisfied Women

Irina Reyn came to Alphabet City to read from The Imperial Wife as part of…

The Writer’s Block Transcripts: A Q&A with Aurora Arias and Achy Obejas

Sampsonia Way interviewed Aurora Arias and Achy Obejas about how inhabiting two different countries can…

Literature as Conversation: A Q&A with Idra Novey

Idra Novey came to read at City of Asylum on October 20, 2016 as part…