The Millions Interview
May 31, 2010
Melissa Klug and the Permanence Matters Initiative 14
by Emily St. John Mandel
“I truly believe that we are at a critical crossroads in publishing. As the attention, bandwidth and energy of publishing turns to e-books, we are concerned that what is currently a trend toward lesser quality print versions of books will then become a landslide.”
May 27, 2010
The Millions Interview: Roxana Saberi 1
by Paul Morton
“After I recanted my false confession, my main interrogator essentially told me he knew I was not a spy.”
May 25, 2010
The Millions Interview: Tom McAllister 2
by Patrick Brown
McAllister became known as “the ultimate Philly guy.” No wonder, considering he grew up in a row house, attended La Salle University, teaches at Temple, and even worked in a cheesesteak shop. But a person cannot be so reduced, as he explores in his new memoir.
May 11, 2010
A Novel for You and Me: A Fortunate Age by Joanna Smith Rakoff 12
by Edan Lepucki
Rakoff’s novel poses a central question: what do you hold onto from your idealistic youth, and what do you shed?
May 5, 2010
Reality Squared: A Profile of Deborah Eisenberg 13
by Garth Risk Hallberg
“People do talk about things, of course. They don’t just talk about nail polish. You can go for days thinking all anybody cares about anymore is square footage, and then have three extraordinary conversations in the grocery store.”
April 29, 2010
The Millions Interview: Sonya Chung 1
by Edan Lepucki
“The work is a contained world for me, unto itself, it has its own internal energy and design; and when I sit down to work I’m like the astronaut landing on Planet Novel.”
