Bomb
The Author Interviews
Fiction & Literature, Essays & Letters, Essays, Biography & Memoir, Literary
| Author: | Bomb Magazine, Mary Gaitskill, Junot Díaz, Roberto Bolaño, Kathy Acker, Hari Kunzru, Dennis Cooper, Jonathan Franzen, Sharon Olds, Amy Hempel, Edwidge Danticat, Tobias Wolff, Ben Marcus, A.M. Homes, Kenneth Goldsmith, Ben Lerner, Maryse Condé, Álvaro Mutis, Paula Fox, Han Ong, Sam Lipsyte, Jeffrey Eugenides, Kimiko Hahn, Dale Peck, Rachel Kushner, Heidi Julavits, Wayne Koestenbaum, Justin Taylor, Adam Fitzgerald, Wilson Harris, Lynne Tillman, Francisco Goldman, Oscar Hijuelos, Blake Butler, Geoff Dyer, Frederic Tuten, Lydia Davis, Jim Shepard, Lore Segal, Nuruddin Farah, Jennifer Egan | ISBN: | 9781616953805 |
| Publisher: | Soho Press | Publication: | November 4, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Soho Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Bomb Magazine, Mary Gaitskill, Junot Díaz, Roberto Bolaño, Kathy Acker, Hari Kunzru, Dennis Cooper, Jonathan Franzen, Sharon Olds, Amy Hempel, Edwidge Danticat, Tobias Wolff, Ben Marcus, A.M. Homes, Kenneth Goldsmith, Ben Lerner, Maryse Condé, Álvaro Mutis, Paula Fox, Han Ong, Sam Lipsyte, Jeffrey Eugenides, Kimiko Hahn, Dale Peck, Rachel Kushner, Heidi Julavits, Wayne Koestenbaum, Justin Taylor, Adam Fitzgerald, Wilson Harris, Lynne Tillman, Francisco Goldman, Oscar Hijuelos, Blake Butler, Geoff Dyer, Frederic Tuten, Lydia Davis, Jim Shepard, Lore Segal, Nuruddin Farah, Jennifer Egan |
| ISBN: | 9781616953805 |
| Publisher: | Soho Press |
| Publication: | November 4, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Soho Press |
| Language: | English |
Thirty years of interviews that offer “a window into the minds and the writing processes of some of the world’s best practitioners of poetry and prose” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
Since 1981, the quarterly magazine Bomb has been the gold standard for artist-on-artist interviews, showcasing writers, performers, actors, musicians, painters, and architects. The founders, a group of New York City–based artists, wanted a public space for art-makers to talk to each other about their work without the interference of critics or journalists.
Thirty years later comes this anthology: an addictively insightful collection of thirty-five interviews with some of the world’s most thought-provoking, funny, profound, compelling authors. It includes literary luminaries such as Mary Gaitskill, Junot Díaz, Sharon Olds, Amy Hempel, Martin Amis, Jeffrey Eugenides, Sapphire, Edwidge Danticat, and Jennifer Egan, among many others, as well as an introduction by Francine Prose.
These authors speak frankly about the joys and the pain that inform their work, the influence of family, ambition, criticism, and the sinking, thrilling knowledge of their own mortality. This is Bomb Magazine’s gift to readers: a glimpse into the minds that created the books which informed you, challenged you, yanked on your heartstrings and touched your soul.
“Bomb: The Author Interviews brings together a selection of conversations in a handsome anthology. The book, which offers 35 of the magazine’s interviews, is both a primer on authorial strategies and a record of the evolution of an iconic literary institution.” —The Washington Post
“BOMB’s author interview series, which has been going for years, is one of the most inspiring dialogues between writers available.” —Bustle
“These are not your run of the mill author interviews featuring a journalist throwing canned questions at a writer, these are conversations between writers and delve into the essence of creativity . . . Essential reading for any admirer of contemporary literature.” *—Seattle Post-Intelligencer *
Thirty years of interviews that offer “a window into the minds and the writing processes of some of the world’s best practitioners of poetry and prose” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
Since 1981, the quarterly magazine Bomb has been the gold standard for artist-on-artist interviews, showcasing writers, performers, actors, musicians, painters, and architects. The founders, a group of New York City–based artists, wanted a public space for art-makers to talk to each other about their work without the interference of critics or journalists.
Thirty years later comes this anthology: an addictively insightful collection of thirty-five interviews with some of the world’s most thought-provoking, funny, profound, compelling authors. It includes literary luminaries such as Mary Gaitskill, Junot Díaz, Sharon Olds, Amy Hempel, Martin Amis, Jeffrey Eugenides, Sapphire, Edwidge Danticat, and Jennifer Egan, among many others, as well as an introduction by Francine Prose.
These authors speak frankly about the joys and the pain that inform their work, the influence of family, ambition, criticism, and the sinking, thrilling knowledge of their own mortality. This is Bomb Magazine’s gift to readers: a glimpse into the minds that created the books which informed you, challenged you, yanked on your heartstrings and touched your soul.
“Bomb: The Author Interviews brings together a selection of conversations in a handsome anthology. The book, which offers 35 of the magazine’s interviews, is both a primer on authorial strategies and a record of the evolution of an iconic literary institution.” —The Washington Post
“BOMB’s author interview series, which has been going for years, is one of the most inspiring dialogues between writers available.” —Bustle
“These are not your run of the mill author interviews featuring a journalist throwing canned questions at a writer, these are conversations between writers and delve into the essence of creativity . . . Essential reading for any admirer of contemporary literature.” *—Seattle Post-Intelligencer *
