The Millions Interview
April 6, 2011
The Millions Interview: Alexi Zentner 1
by Reese Okyong Kwon
“I think most writers would love to sell a lot of copies and win awards and do well, because people want to be successful. I understand that, but you can’t think about that while you’re writing.”
March 23, 2011
Is Copyright a Guardian Angel or a Killer of Creativity? A Conversation with Alfred Steiner 5
by Bill Morris
“In the art world when one artist copies another artist, it only helps the artist being copied.”
March 18, 2011
The Millions Interview: Alejandro Zambra 2
by Megan McDowell
Zambra is at the forefront of Latin American literature. He is young, Chilean, and writes with a poetic lucidity that engages a reader from the first line.
January 14, 2011
When We Aspire to Write Like Ourselves: A Conversation with Carl H. Klaus 13
by Bill Morris
I wanted to see if I could create literary non-fiction out of short-term memory.
January 13, 2011
Bottom-Up History: An Interview with StoryCorps’ Dave Isay 2
by Daniel Mollet
“Literally when I pressed play and record – in those days you still had to press play and record at the same time – I knew that this was what I was going to do for the rest of my life.”
October 5, 2010
The Millions Interview: Lan Samantha Chang 2
by Edan Lepucki
“Why does one strong writer fail to grow, and how does another find discipline? It’s certainly not something over which I, as the instructor, have much control. Sometimes I feel I might achieve the same results as I do now if I were simply to gather my students and feed them chicken soup.”
