Articles by Paul Morton
May 9, 2012
Anticipate Doom: The Millions Interviews László Krasznahorkai 12
I write my texts, my sentences, in my head — outside there is a terrible, almost unbearable noise, inside there is a terrible, almost unbearable, pounding silence.
November 7, 2011
The Millions Interview: Alan Hollinghurst Answers his Critics 5
“I was so hoping that we could get beyond the whole gay writer thing now, which I feel stuck in.”
October 4, 2011
“Horrible things happen everywhere”: The Millions Interview with Craig Thompson 5
“There’s a very offensive Islamophobia that happens in the media. But then there’s also this overly-PC, liberal reaction to tiptoe around a lot of subjects which I think is its own form of insult.”
June 30, 2011
The Millions Interview: David Bezmozgis 1
“The parts of Solzhenitsyn that are funny aren’t there because he artificially introduced them. They’re there because he’s trying to authentically replicate what life was like. And I’m trying to do the same.”
April 26, 2011
The Millions Interview: Shaun Tan 2
Good picture books are meant to be read more than once in order to be properly understood, and the artist takes advantage of the brevity to insert layers of ideas, one on top of another, rather than set out along a linear string. (Warning: gorgeous Shaun Tan artwork inside)
July 8, 2010
The Millions Interview: Gene Luen Yang 5
“I just feel we know when we see someone with buckteeth and super slanted eyes that that’s supposed to be outdated. Right? But then a lot of these sorts of things keep popping up in our culture.”