The Millions Interview
January 11, 2013
Graffiti and Glory Days: The Millions Interviews Adam Mansbach 5
by Buzz Poole
The “War on Graffiti” presaged and ushered in zero tolerance policy, prejudicial gang databases, quality of life offenses, epic incarceration — the whole way a generation has experienced law enforcement and personal freedom.
November 8, 2012
The History of Humans is the History of Technology: The Millions Interviews Robin Sloan 9
by Hope Mills
For me, the iPhone had become a toxic compulsion. It had completed its invasion and occupation of my interstitial time — all those minutes riding the train, waiting in line, that used to be such fertile territory for daydreaming and storymaking.
November 6, 2012
Addicted to Weird: An Interview with Jon Ronson 2
by Janet Potter
Everybody in the book feels in some way as if they’re lost at sea, and are grasping for something to get them through. And the thing that they often grasp for is something that’s kind of irrational, makes no sense, is ridiculous. And it becomes almost a celebration of irrationality as a human character trait to be cherished.
October 31, 2012
Only Real Cultures Deserve Monuments: Joshua Cohen on the Internet Era 5
by Erin Somers
“I had in mind a book that was going to sit on a shelf, lie playing dead across the shelf and depress you for failing it.”
October 22, 2012
A Brief Wondrous Interview with Junot Díaz 3
by Paul Morton
Depression fucking sucks, dude. Depression sucks. And part of you thinks, “Well if I have to deal with being fucking depressed, I’ll figure out some way to make some art out of it.”
October 18, 2012
Put It in a Box and Wait: The Millions Interviews Cheryl Strayed 12
by Robin Grearson
People do all kinds of unexpected things in these transitional times of their lives. And they don’t need to be sorry for it, because it is part of being human, and it isn’t about being a good person or a bad person. I think just telling the truth of that is kind of important and revolutionary.