Ten Questions for Obed Silva
“If you feel that the story is good and that it needs to be read, then keep at it until you’re happy with it.” —Obed Silva, author of The Death of My Father the Pope
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Ten Questions
Read weekly interviews with authors to learn the inside stories of how their books were written, edited, and published; insights into the creative process; the best writing advice they’ve ever heard; and more.
Ten Questions for Neel Patel
“This was the book I was meant to write my whole life.” —Neel Patel, author of Tell Me How to Be
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Ten Questions for James Hannaham
“Thinking is really about 90 percent of the work.” —James Hannaham, author of Pilot Impostor
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Ten Questions for Truong Tran
“I wrote this book with the constraint of honesty.” —Truong Tran, author of book of the other
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Ten Questions for Claire Oshetsky
“It felt as if my protagonist was in the room with me.” —Claire Oshetsky, author of Chouette
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Ten Questions for Domenico Starnone and Jhumpa Lahiri
This week’s installment of Ten Questions features Domenico Starnone and Jhumpa Lahiri, the author and the translator of Trust.
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Ten Questions for Okezie Nwọka
“What does it take for any of us to change our core beliefs?” —Okezie Nwọka, author of God of Mercy
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Ten Questions for Shayla Lawz
“I was using the text as a future image of what my own life could be.” —Shayla Lawz, author of speculation, n.
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Ten Questions for Khadija Abdalla Bajaber
“I need to be involved with life, its business, its noise.” —Khadija Abdalla Bajaber, author of The House of Rust
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Ten Questions for Blake Sanz
“Trust yourself and your own vision for your work.” —Blake Sanz, author of The Boundaries of Their Dwelling
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Ten Questions for Eugene Lim
“I wanted to articulate and be honest to the emotion of grief.” —Eugene Lim, author of Search History
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Ten Questions for Angela Hume
“I write poetry when I’m in transit or transition.” —Angela Hume, author of Interventions for Women
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Ten Questions for Casey Plett
“It was a fever dream process of creation.” —Casey Plett, author of A Dream of a Woman
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Ten Questions for Mahogany L. Browne
“There was so much shame in this project for me to dispel and bury.” —Mahogany L. Browne, author of I Remember Death by Its Proximity to What I Love
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Ten Questions for CAConrad
“The moment you walk away from the conversation with a poem, you lose it, and it will never return.” —CAConrad, author of AMANDA PARADISE
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Ten Questions for Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
“In the mornings—or when I roll over from a dream—there’s only God and me talking to each other.” —Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, author of The Love Songs of W. E. B. Du Bois
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Ten Questions for Kat Chow
“I find it really hard to follow a routine in almost every part of my life.” —Kat Chow, author of Seeing Ghosts
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Ten Questions for Jaime Cortez
“Combining unsparing humor with heart is a superpower.” —Jaime Cortez, author of Gordo
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Ten Questions for Louis Edwards
“I write when an idea, story, or book commands me to.” —Louis Edwards, author of Ramadan Ramsey
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Ten Questions for Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi
“Show up no matter what so your writing knows you are there.” —Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi, author of Savage Tongues
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Ten Questions for Shin Yu Pai
“The hardest part of writing Virga was finding the courage to be vulnerable on the page.” —Shin Yu Pai, author of Virga
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Ten Questions for Katie Kitamura
“I only write about the things that haunt me in some way.” —Katie Kitamura, author of Intimacies
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Ten Questions for Beth Morgan
“Engaging with art doesn’t have to be about understanding something or getting the right answer.” —Beth Morgan, author of A Touch of Jen
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Ten Questions for Pajtim Statovci and David Hackston
This week’s installment of Ten Questions features Pajtim Statovci and David Hackston, the author and the translator of Bolla.
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Ten Questions for Clare Sestanovich
“The book often knows more, and knows better, than you do.” —Clare Sestanovich, author of Objects of Desire
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