The Millions Interview

June 20, 2013

Transcending the Political: The Millions Interviews Rachel Kushner 0

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We are not choosing between a world without exploitation and a world without culture. They are not in a direct competition with each other, where one must be prioritized, and the other overshadowed or shamed for its insignificance.

June 19, 2013

As If Guns and Testosterone Rule the World: An Interview with Colum McCann 1

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“No language could ever be exhausted by any landscape, in particular Ireland.”

June 11, 2013

“The Avengerization of Literature”: An Interview with Benjamin Percy 0

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If people want to call my novel a literary horror novel, that’s fine. I know it makes them feel better in a neat-freaky sort of way. Like balling their socks and organizing them in a drawer according to color. But really, people, it doesn’t matter.

May 29, 2013

Politics, Art, and the Practice of Writing: A Conversation with Orson Scott Card 35

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Until recently most people knew Orson Scott Card as the author of Ender’s Game, a beloved modern science fiction classic. Of late, however, Card’s opposition to gay marriage has led to widespread media excoriation and intense scrutiny of his politics. In an effort to nuance current coverage, I chose to ask Card questions about writing and his identity as a writer.

May 24, 2013

The Chemistry between Fiction and Reality: The Millions Interviews Ramona Ausubel 0

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There are lots of conversations in the world about writing which focus on the benefit of the reader and what works for him or her, and of course all writers should care about that, but at the same time, the magic act of making something out of nothing is happening in the writer’s head, and it’s that brain that needs to be tended to first.

May 17, 2013

Capturing the Complexities of Time & Place: Ru Freeman 0

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I don’t like hierarchies, I don’t like the notion of the exalted thinker/writer who gazes from a distance. I don’t like people writing about worms without spending some time taking in the worm’s view of life.