01.03.2023 by Aaron Hicklin 01.03.2023 by Aaron Hicklin Edmund White’s Year in Books "I thought I would do what we considered an ideal in the 1960s: Live hard, die young, and leave a beautiful corpse."
11.28.2022 by Aaron Hicklin 11.28.2022 by Aaron Hicklin Bless the Perverts The artist Carlos Motta and the writer Rabih Alameddine on recovering the real (and imagined) stories of the demonized.
08.12.2022 by Aaron Hicklin 08.12.2022 by Aaron Hicklin Ottessa Moshfegh: Where I Write Behind the Birds of Paradise and bougainvillea a writer sits in bed... writing.
08.12.2022 by Aaron Hicklin 08.12.2022 by Aaron Hicklin A Little Sun, a Little Rain Tango, poetry, and endless cups of coffee. Finding moments of reprieve in a city at war.
08.03.2022 by Aaron Hicklin 08.03.2022 by Aaron Hicklin Ten books chosen by William Boyd The best-selling author of Any Human Heart and Brazzaville Beach chooses his favorite reads.
07.22.2022 by Aaron Hicklin 07.22.2022 by Aaron Hicklin Janet Malcolm on being a “tough, not-nice woman.” In this 2004 interview, Janet Malcom shared a valuable insight into her interviewing technique: let the subject break the silence.
03.04.2022 by Aaron Hicklin 03.04.2022 by Aaron Hicklin Ten Books By Dissidents and Outlaws Trevor Noah, George Saunders, Masha Gessen, and others pick essential books by dissidents and outlaws.
02.14.2022 by Aaron Hicklin 02.14.2022 by Aaron Hicklin Where I Wrote… Moon Witch, Spider King Marlon James, author of the bestselling National Book Award finalist Black Leopard, Red Wolf, describes his Brooklyn writing space.
01.29.2022 by Aaron Hicklin 01.29.2022 by Aaron Hicklin When Vivian met Lore met Nora Whether walking New York’s streets, or seeking a summer refuge upstate, the writers Lore Segal, Vivian Gornick, and Nora Eisenberg have a bond forged in conversation, argument, and contrarianism.
01.14.2022 by Aaron Hicklin 01.14.2022 by Aaron Hicklin Shelf Life: Joyce Maynard The veteran writer revisits Charlotte's Web and recalls the fallout from writing candidly about her teenage relationship with J.D. Salinger.