The Millions Interview
March 25, 2013
Liberating the Essay: A Conversation with Michelle Orange 0
by Hannah Gersen
When I realized that they were really going to let me do whatever I wanted to do, I was like, “Well, shit, let me rethink this…”
March 5, 2013
Living a Lie: The Millions Interviews Amity Gaige 1
by Adam Boretz
Surround yourself with trustworthy people, put your knife between your teeth, unplug, stop talking, and write.
February 28, 2013
Reading for Instructions on How to Live: The Millions Interviews Suzanne Scanlon 0
by Anne K. Yoder
I feel like various dead writers are dear friends of mine — from Woolf to Plath to Duras to DFW — their lives and lessons and warnings and urgings are constantly informing my own, challenging my own.
February 26, 2013
To Tell the Truth and Not Die: The Millions Interviews Elissa Schappell 6
by Anne K. Yoder
“The laughing reader doesn’t feel the knife until it’s in his chest. The reader who is laughing at something they don’t think they should be laughing at experiences a catharsis. I’d argue that’s more valuable than providing someone with an orgasm.”
February 25, 2013
Literature as Self-Defense: An Interview with James Lasdun 2
by Mark O'Connell
In 2003, Lasdun taught a course in creative writing at a college in New York. His most gifted student was an Iranian-born woman in her early 30s. They emailed back and forth, and an online friendship began to develop. The book is an exploration of the effects of this relationship turning sour. Give Me Everything You Have is a harrowing account of what it’s like to have someone expend a great deal of time and energy on the project of damaging your life for no immediately obvious reason.
February 14, 2013
The Most Monstrous Version of Yourself: The Millions Interviews Karen Russell 6
by Zack Ruskin
I think there is something fascinating about the wickedness that boys get up to in groups. I used to take these groups of high school students abroad, and I swear to god, the boys individually would be beyond sweet, but collectively they would transform and posses this evil energy.