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 • Mila Jaroniec and Danielle Chelosky
Disassociation and Embodiment with Rivka Clifton
C. E. Janecek and Rivka Clifton on violence, animality, self-knowledge, and Clifton's debut poetry collection MUZZLE.
 • C. E. Janecek
Parallel Worlds: Plumbing the Depths with Emmalea Russo
Can we separate the artist from the art? Yes and no.
 • Mila Jaroniec
A Visual Historical Library of Violence: Trawling the Internet with Alex Kazemi
Cory Bennet and Alex Kazemi dissect American masculinity, pop culture, and the Bret Easton Ellis-approved Y2K novel NEW MILLENNIUM BOYZ.
From the Archives: An Interview with Ché Aimee Dorval
In 2017, I hit a career milestone: I got the opportunity to interview Ché Aimee Dorval for Lena Dunham’s now-defunct LENNY Letter.
 • Mila Jaroniec
Bitch, This Happened: Pregaming with Danielle Chelosky
Rachel A.G. Gilman and Danielle Chelosky discuss the allure of self destruction, the shifting boundaries of memoir, and Danielle's full-length debut…
 • Rachel A.G. Gilman
Parasocial Graces: A Walk in the Americana Mall with Brittany Menjivar
Claudia Elena Rodriguez and Brittany Menjivar hang out and discuss autofiction, J.D. Salinger, the early internet, and Brittany's debut collection…
 • Claudia Elena Rodriguez
Superfreaks: An Interview on Kink, Power, and Poetry with Arielle Greenberg
Poets C. E. Janecek and Arielle Greenberg discuss the complexity of kink, the language of desire, and Greenberg's new book SUPERFREAKS: KINK, PLEASURE…
 • C. E. Janecek
Belief Logic, Desire Logic: An Interview with Kristine Langley Mahler
Ten questions for the author, plus a bonus outtake from A CALENDAR IS A SNAKESKIN.
 • Mila Jaroniec
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