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MTV Suspect’s iO Tillett Wright Answers One Question about ‘Darling Days’

The crap we go through while establishing our identity (shakes head back and forth). We often face ridicule for being different or criticized for being too much like Joe Shmoe walking down Park Avenue. You can't win. Oftentimes people assimilate to the status quo or to what society labels as “normal.”…

Matt GillickSeptember 21, 2016

Nonfiction

Rion Amilcar Scott ‘Unapologetically’ Broaches Racism and Oppression in ‘Insurrections’

Last night I was walking down Prospect St. in Stamford, Connecticut and I found myself trailing behind a black man wearing a black hoodie. My pace was significantly quicker than his. As I was about to turn to the front door of my apartment building, I was almost on the…

Matt GillickSeptember 6, 2017

Nonfiction

Author Paul Lisicky Answers One Question About “The Narrow Door”

You are your own worst critic, but friends can be a close second. They know you better than most, aside from parents but even that can be up for debate. Going through a particularly rough time as a post-grad living in a new city where I know practically no one,…

Matt GillickAugust 12, 2016

Nonfiction

Comedian Amber Tozer Answers One Question about Her Memoir ‘Sober Stick Figure’

Truman Capote once said about drinking, “I drink because it’s the only time I can stand it!” Along with being a quick-witted sassafras and a fabulously talented writer, Capote was a notorious alcoholic. Drinking stifled his creativity and eventually contributed to his death at the age of 59. In the…

Matt GillickSeptember 12, 2016

Nonfiction

Author Colin Atrophy Hagendorf Answers One Question about ‘Slice Harvester’

Food has the power to save us or kill us. Chicken salad or fried chicken? Sliced apples or French fries? Yes, we should be eating healthy and live omnivore lifestyles with walnuts, granola and grapefruit but, dammit, if I want a bacon-wrapped grilled cheese meatball sandwich I’m going to have…

Matt GillickMay 16, 2016

Nonfiction

Author Jennifer Clement Answers One Question about ‘Widow Basquiat’

Here's the truth: I don’t know what makes an artist, an artist. They just seem to have this inner-fire pushing them to create. I constantly struggle with what to actually call it. I don’t even know if it has a name; I just know that when people have it they…

Matt GillickApril 1, 2016

Fiction

Author Tracy O’Neill Answers One Question about ‘The Hopeful’

Many writers want their stories to be as relatable as possible. The stories we know and understand are the ones we can relate to the best. Authors, such as Alice Munro, do a spectacular job in creating compelling characters that could easily resemble a relative or friend. There are some authors, however,…

Matt GillickFebruary 18, 2016

Fiction

Author Yann Martel Answers One Question about ‘The High Mountains of Portugal’

When you have the opportunity to ask one question to the Man Booker Prize-winning and international bestselling author of Life of Pi, Yann Martel, you better be damn sure it isn’t a stupid one. Martel’s The High Mountains of Portugal (Random House, 2016) follows three men in three different time periods…

Matt GillickJune 24, 2016

Fiction

Author Sara Nović Answers One Question about ‘Girl at War’

Hearing about the Syrian refugee crisis is unavoidable. It has become a part of our dialogue. You can’t change the channel or scroll away from one story on the heartbreak and prejudice refugees face without running into another. Once in a while, kindness does shine through in rough times like…

Matt GillickApril 27, 2016

Fiction

Author Eric Bennett Answers One Question about ‘A Big Enough Lie’

These days, aspiring writers have a number of tools at their disposal. Whether that’s a specific software, a submission manager or something as simple as an Internet connection, people today have more tools than ever before to write quality work. But can all of those advantages work against them and actually distract the…

Matt GillickMarch 7, 2016

Fiction

Author Emily Schultz Answers One Question about ‘The Blondes’

It's a beautiful spring day in the city as people stroll through the parks. Families are buying fresh greens from the farmer’s market, workers are hustling up and down Main St. to get to work. All seems well and good, until every blonde woman becomes a homicidal maniac. No, seriously. Emily Schultz uses allegorical…

Matt GillickApril 12, 2016

Fiction

Author Cate Holahan Answers One Question about ‘The Widower’s Wife’

The opening lines to Cate Holahan’s The Widower’s Wife (Crooked Lane Books, August 9, 2016) solidified my perpetual refusal to go on a cruise ship. Her newest thriller follows the investigation of a young wife gone missing on a cruise and she just so happens to have a lofty inheritance. Ryan…

Matt GillickNovember 2, 2016

MTV Suspect’s iO Tillett Wright Answers One Question about ‘Darling Days’

Rion Amilcar Scott ‘Unapologetically’ Broaches Racism and Oppression in ‘Insurrections’

Author Paul Lisicky Answers One Question About “The Narrow Door”

Comedian Amber Tozer Answers One Question about Her Memoir ‘Sober Stick Figure’

Author Colin Atrophy Hagendorf Answers One Question about ‘Slice Harvester’

Author Jennifer Clement Answers One Question about ‘Widow Basquiat’

Author Tracy O’Neill Answers One Question about ‘The Hopeful’

Author Yann Martel Answers One Question about ‘The High Mountains of Portugal’

Author Sara Nović Answers One Question about ‘Girl at War’

Author Eric Bennett Answers One Question about ‘A Big Enough Lie’

Author Emily Schultz Answers One Question about ‘The Blondes’

Author Cate Holahan Answers One Question about ‘The Widower’s Wife’

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