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

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: 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”

Author Interview: Airea D. Matthews

The author of Simulacra on the inescapability of the past, the pleasures of remixing, and poetry as an exploration of sickness

Conducted by Bennet…

Author Interview: Douglas Trevor

The Author of The Book of Wonders on silliness as loneliness, reading during the summer months, and giving a story time to present itself

Author Interview: Laurence Goldstein

The Editor Emeritus of the Michigan Quarterly Review on responding to submissions, how to best assemble an issue, and the pleasures of being both a poet and an editor

Author Interview: Katie Kitamura

The author of A Separation on fidelity, control, and inner versus outer turmoil