Not a Word Wasted: Q&A with Brian Phillip Whalen

I’m driven by oh-so-close failure. To get near to your goal—whatever that is—to see it up close: it can make you want it even more, can spur you to take more risks. Art needs risk. Continue reading →

At Home in the Past: Q&A with Lea Singer

Writing my first novel, I felt: the past was drawing nearer, often so close, that it hurt. Continue reading →

The Brit and The Pole: New Vessel’s Young Bloomers

by Maddie King

Both authors simultaneously relished and abhorred putridness, designating death as a delicious way to punctuate life and the morass of complacency that accompanied it. Continue reading →

On Embalming the Artist: Some Posthumous Bloomers

by Maddie King

I have a fascination with artists whose defining works were not made public within their lifetimes. More often than not, they tend to be brilliant, prolific, and somewhat just out of reach, even when they were alive.
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People the Size of Mountains: Q&A with Olga Zilberbourg

“I haven’t felt any pressure to produce writing achievements by a certain arbitrary age. I’ve always been confident that, if anything, aging adds perspective and nuance to my work.”
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A Room Beneath the Sky: World, Self and Travail–Q&A with Maylis De Kerangal

by Maddie King

“I wanted to focus on … the fascinating yet paradoxical idea that work is at the same time a place where one is dominated and exploited, and a way to find personal fulfillment.” Continue reading →

4 Women, One Continuous Story: The Slow Bloom of Suite for Barbara Loden

by Maddie King

“Alma is Wanda is Barbara is Nathalie is… arguably, the story that ties these women together has had a slow bloom. Through mediums, languages, spaces, it has refracted.” Continue reading →