One Hundred Years of Robbe-Grillet
French auteur courted critical firestorms while taking fiction and film in new directions
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Writers
The Moral Courage of Salman Rushdie
The celebrity author fought for imperiled free speech, and now fights for his life
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The Dark Word Podcast #07: Ellen Datlow
Legendary editor hits Philip Fracassi with tips for aspiring horror writers
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Steve Almond Lands His Whale
The BFG interview with the 30-year professional writer who has finally published his first novel
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Don Winslow on Fire
An interview with the novelist, whose latest book, ‘City on Fire’, publishes April 26
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Gilbert Gottfried Tried to Get My Ass Kicked
Thank you for everything
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The Dark Word Podcast #02: Tim Waggoner
Host Philip Fracassi gets prolix with prolific author of Bram Stoker-award winning Writing in the Dark
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The Dark Word Podcast #01: Laird Barron
Host Philip Fracassi gets the chills with Alaskan author of The Imago Sequence
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‘When We Were Birds’: the BFG interview with Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
The writer from Trinidad and Tobago releases her debut novel today
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Reaping the WhirlWinslow
Twitter calls out hard-boiled novelist Don Winslow for his own use of the N-Word after Winslow wades into the Joe Rogan waters
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Margaret Atwood Gets a Stamp of Approval
But does she speak for all Canadians as she weighs in on national issues?
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A Tribute to Andrew Vachss
Best-selling crime novelist and children’s advocate died late last year at age 79
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Joyce Carol Oates Goes to the Rack for Norman Mailer
She knows he stabbed his wife but loves him anyway
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Death of an Iconoclast
What Joan Didion did for American letters
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Académie Française Honors Vargas Llosa
Peruvian writer with a complex worldview receives France’s highest literary award
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