The Millions Interview

April 6, 2011

The Millions Interview: Alexi Zentner 1

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“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

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“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

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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

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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

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“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

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“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.”