An Interview with Abigail Thomas  Interview conducted by ALR Staff  American Literary Review: I loved the brevity of sections in your first memoir, Safekeeping­—the way each section seemed to pop off the [...]

An Interview with Matt Hart Interview conducted by Justin Bigos Justin Bigos: Your most recent book of poems, Sermons and Lectures Both Blank and Relentless, throbs with exuberance, with the routine [...]

An Interview with Sarah McCarry Interview conducted by April Murphy April Murphy: When you began blogging as The Rejectionist, you were anonymous - and the persona you created was pointedly bombastic and [...]

An Interview with Paul Otremba  Interview conducted by Justin Bigos Justin Bigos: First, I’d like to thank you for coming to Denton to read for the kickoff of the Kraken Reading [...]

An Interview with Traci Brimhall Interview conducted by Justin Bigos Justin Bigos: Your second collection of poems,Our Lady of the Ruins, is mesmerizing – for all its violence and horror, [...]

An Interview with Suzanne Paola  Interview conducted by April Murphy Jones  April Murphy: I recently read the craft book Tell It Slant, which you wrote with Brenda Miller. The book is a [...]

An Interview with Matthew Olzmann Interview conducted by Justin Bigos  Justin Bigos: First, congratulations on winning the Kundiman Poetry Prize for your book, Mezzanines, which will be published by Alice James [...]

An Interview with Nick Courtright  Interview conducted by Justin Bigos  Justin Bigos: Let’s begin with the title of your first book of poems, Punchline.   A punchline, in its abrupt pith, kills [...]

An Interview with J. Nicholas Geist Interview conducted by April Murphy April Murphy: I was blown away by your essay “A Murderer’s Work” in the Spring 2012 issue of Creative Nonfiction. The [...]

An Interview with Dilruba Ahmed Interview conducted by Justin Bigos Justin Bigos: Your first book, Dhaka Dust, is an impressive debut in many respects. One quality of the book I particularly [...]

An Interview with David James Poissant Interview conducted by Erin Stalcup Erin Stalcup: I’m so pleased that the American Literary Review will be publishing your story “Wake the Baby” in the Fall [...]

An Interview With Alicia Oltuski  Interview conducted by Jessica Hindman  Alicia Oltuski’s debut, Precious Objects: A Story of Diamonds, Family and a Way of Life, (Scribner, 2011) received glowing reviews [...]