Author Interview: Emily Fridlund

The Author of History of Wolves on bucking bildungsroman trends, the freedom of associative logic in narrative, and more

Author Interview: Bianca Marais

The author of Hum If You Don’t Know The Words on crafting authentic characters, accepting grief, and writing about what one knows

2016 Staff Favorites

In hardcover and paperback

Author Interview: Lindy West

The author of Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman on holding steadfastly to truths, what feminism and humor can do, and the momentous work we have before us.

The Best Books We Read This Year

The Ribbon presents a series of year-in-review content: best-sellers, staff picks, guest picks, and…

Author Interview: Roy Scranton

The author of War Porn on war literature today, our social reality, and the contract of fiction

Author Interview: Gerald Vizenor

The writer and scholar on the magic of haiku, understanding Native storytelling, and the process of survivance

Author Interview: Margaret Lazarus Dean

The author of Leaving Orbit on the language of spaceflight, waiting to write, and working with astronauts

Author Interview: Keith Taylor

On poem-constellations, soil horizons, the benefits of facts and collaboration, and a “bird-while” as a measurement of time

Author Interview: Patricia Lockwood

The author of Priestdaddy on describing parents in lieu of changing them, book titles, and the good side of “church weirdness”