Patchwork is Maddie Ballard’s debut memoir, a collection of essays structured around the making of seventeen garments.
INTERVIEW: Maddie Ballard, author of Patchwork: A Sewist’s Diary
Category: Interviews
Our archive of interviews with authors, publishers, agents, filmmakers, and other literary and publishing professionals.
INTERVIEW: Cindy Eastman, Editor of Grief Like Yours: A Story Collection of Life After Loss
…talking to Cindy Eastman was like talking to a good friend…
INTERVIEW: Kerry Neville, Author of Momma May Be Mad
One day an irresponsible psychiatrist labeled her “hopeless,” and Neville… walked out of his office determined to prove him wrong.
INTERVIEW: Kim Danielson author of Piece by Piece: A Life Remembered through Things Lost
Piece by Piece looks at not just things, but the psychological and emotional reasons why it hurts so much to lose them
INTERVIEW: Ignacio M Sanchez Prado, Author of Object Lessons: Taco
A deeply researched guidebook for readers who want to better appreciate this nearly ubiquitous and widely misunderstood food.
INTERVIEW: Shigeko Ito, Author of The Pond Beyond the Forest
In her debut memoir, Shigeko Ito delves into her Japanese upbringing, marked by obedience and self-sacrifice
INTERVIEW: Muriel A Murch, Author of Harvesting History While Farming the Flats
Harvesting History While Farming the Flats is a gorgeous, thoughtful book inside and out.
INTERVIEW: Tania Richard, Author of Black Girl from a White Suburb: Finding My Light, Using My Voice
While her life as an actress is fascinating, her point of view about what it’s like to be the only black person in the room as a child is a voice that is necessary.
INTERVIEW: Peter Mendelsund, Author of Exhibitionist
Exhibitionist is at once a memoir — a journal — and an art book.
INTERVIEW: Robin Hemley, Author of How to Change History: A Salvage Project
Robin Hemley reminds us that life is just as equally absurd as it is heartbreaking, as silly as it is serious….
