Category: Interviews

  • Knockemstiff

    I just read Donald Ray Pollock’s debut story collection, Knockemstiff, which takes place in rural southern Ohio, in a town of the same name as the book. The stories are dark, deadly, and mythic depictions of something more than what you’d even call small town Ohio, a sort of gothic revision of Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg,…

  • The Gift

    Ever read Lewis Hyde’s famous book The Gift? It’s in its twenty-fifth anniversary edition this year, and it’s still relevant to artists living and working in what continues to be our increasingly commercial market culture.  Hyde is a proponent for a creative commonwealth, of sharing and giving as an essential part of creation.  His ideas…

  • The Literary Detective

    Viriginie over at The Literary Detective wrote about One for Sorrow on her French blog last month, and in between then and now she interviewed me for a new series of author interviews that she would like to start. Here are the results of our interview across the ocean. She asked really great questions, and…

  • Winter Blog Blast

    Today Ms. Bond over at Shaken and Stirred posted an interview with me for the Winter Blog Blast, and tomorrow Colleen Mondor will be doing the same at her blog Chasing Ray. I’ve been doing so many interviews lately, I’m not sure if I’m repeating myself or dreaming of answering questions, or what.  Today I…

  • Walking the Plank: Zen Edition

    Jeff Vandermeer does interviews with authors who have books that have recently come out. He calls his interview series Walking the Plank, and asks the writer questions in an interrogative form similar to that of being stuck out on a plank with many pirates pointing their sharp swords into your chest or back, depending on…

  • Yatterings Interview

    An interview I recently did with Iain over at Yatterings has been posted today. He asked some really cool questions about the novel, process, interstitiality, influences, and short stories. Hope it’s interesting if you pop over there and read. Hope you have a good Sunday. I’m all about taking it easy today and pretending like…

  • Dear Public Speaking Gods,

    Please help me learn how to speak without saying “um” all the time.  And without, um, having to take classes for it, ’cause that doesn’t sound really fun. Yours, Chris

  • Interview with Linkon on Lincoln Avenue

    Hope everyone is having a good holiday weekend.  The book release party was really awesome, and I’ll be writing about it and posting some pictures of the art and attendees sometime this week, but for now I’m going to post this link to the blog for the radio show Lincoln Avenue, hosted by Dr. Sherry…

  • Interview Preview

    I’m being interviewed over at the Swivet on August 28th, when the book comes out, by LaGringa.  But she’s posted a preview of the interview today.  She’s going to be giving away copies of One for Sorrow, too, so I’ll make sure to remind you all to go over there and get one when the…

  • Beginnings and endings

    I came across this really good interview with my city’s mayor (click on the February 8th Smart City radio interview under the Broadcasts section), talking about the history of Youngstown and the current situation here, as the community attempts to restructure and revitalize after decades of economic and political disintegration.  It’s a very different story here…