I asked the founders to sit down and explain the who, what, why, and how of creating a literary center.
Interview with Katie McDougall and Susannah Felts, Co-Founders of The Porch, Nashville’s Literary Center
Category: Interviews
Our archive of interviews with authors, publishers, agents, filmmakers, and other literary and publishing professionals.
Interview: Erin Khar, Author of Strung Out
Growing up in LA, Erin Khar hid behind a picture-perfect childhood filled with excellent grades, a popular group of friends and horseback riding.
Interview with M. Randal O’Wain by Lara Lillibridge
In Meander Belt M. Randal O’Wain offers a reflection on how a working-class boy from Memphis, Tennessee, came to fall in love with language, reading, writing…
INTERVIEW: Amy Fish, author of I Wanted Fries With That: How to Ask for What You Want and Get What You Need
…I Wanted Fries with That: How to Ask for What You Want and Get What You Need, combines personal narratives with practical advice on how to solve your problems…
INTERVIEW: Susan Mailer, author of In Another Place: With and Without My Father, Norman Mailer
I decided to write a personal vignette that would shed light on an unknown aspect of my father’s life. Immediately, I remembered those months Dad had spent in Mexico when I was a small child and had taken me to the bullfights
An Interview with Stephanie Land, author of the recently released Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive
If Stephanie Land is not on your radar, you might want to get a new one. Right after you pick up a copy of her blistering-hot memoir, Maid….
Interview: Steph Auteri, Author of A Dirty Word: How A Sex Writer Reclaimed Her Sexuality
[Steph’s] memoir, A Dirty Word: How A Sex Writer Reclaimed Her Sexuality, details her attempt to cure her perceived sexual dysfunction through becoming a sex writer….
INTERVIEW: J. Michael Lennon, editor of Norman Mailer: The Sixties
Any writer of nonfiction or memoir owes a debt to Mailer, who pioneered techniques that came to define nonfiction, memoir and the New Journalism.
Interview: A Q&A With Brian Evenson—author What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
Brian Evenson is the author of over a dozen books included Raymond Carver’s What We Talk About When We Talk About Love: Bookmarked.
Interview: Writer and Teacher Vicki Mayk to Host “Healing Through Our Stories” Retreat in June
By day, Vicki Mayk works in marketing and communications in higher education where, among other duties, she edits a university alumni magazine. Also by day—and sometimes by night—she teaches writing on campus and within the community. Part of her community-based writing efforts include working with the bereaved at St. Luke’s Hospice in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She’s…
