Bookslut Indie Heartthrob: David Ohle (Motorman, The Age of Sinatra, The Pisstown Chaos) |
My latest choice for Bookslut's Indie Heartthrob is David Ohle, author of the cult 1972 novel Motorman and it's follow-up (almost 30 years later) The Age of Sinatra, as well as the forthcoming bookend...
Posted by John on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:24:00 PST |
Feb Interviews: Lydia Millet and Elizabeth Crane |
See below for my interviews with Lydia Millet (Oh Pure and Radiant Heart, How the Dead Dream) and Elizabeth Crane (You Must Be This Happy to Enter) in the February edition of Bookslut:An Interview wit...
Posted by John on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:42:00 PST |
The Indie Heartthrobs are Back! |
My first Bookslut Indie Heartthrob Interview of 2008 just went up. And who gets to take the helm? Why, Ander Monson of course! As editor of DIAGRAM, Monson talks about the convergence of design and ed...
Posted by John on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 06:40:00 PST |
An Interview with Arthur Nersesian |
The new issue of Bookslut is up as well as my interview with writer Arthur Nersesian. Go take a look, and remember to check out my weekly Indie Heartthrobs Interview Series over at the Blog of a Books...
Posted by John on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 01:34:00 PST |
An Interview with Junot Diaz |
This is my interview with Junot Diaz (Drown, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao) from the September 2007 issue of Bookslut.com. The introduction is posted below:The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao...
Posted by John on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 04:42:00 PST |
An Interview with Peter Godwin and the Small Press Heartthrobs |
Just announcing the inaugural edition of Bookslut.com's Indie Heartthrob Interview Series, where every Monday I will be interviewing someone involved in the small press (be it book publishing, zines, ...
Posted by John on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:37:00 PST |
An Interview With Felicia Luna Lemus |
In the June '07 edition of Bookslut.com:An Interview with Felicia Luna Lemus: in which we discuss her muse, Nahui Olin, the Frank Weston photograph that started it all, and Soce, the Elemental Wizard....
Posted by John on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:00:00 PST |
An Interview with Marguerite Abouet |
In the May 2007 edition of Bookslut.com:An interview with Francophone-Ivorian writer Marguerite Abouet, where we discuss the translation of her graphic novel Aya into English, the image of Africa crea...
Posted by John on Tue, 15 May 2007 07:31:00 PST |
An interview with Matthew Sharpe |
In the May 2007 edition of Bookslut.com: An interview with Soft Skull author Matthew Sharpe, in which we discuss his amazing new novel Jamestown and "homosexual tendencies in the 17th century.":The cr...
Posted by John on Tue, 15 May 2007 07:23:00 PST |
The African Psycho Comes to America |
Another article I contributed to the March 2007 edition of Bookslut. This is a profile/write-up for Alain Mabanckou and his novel African Psycho:"My book, African Psycho, is deeply rooted in Afr...
Posted by John on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:10:00 PST |
