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Andre Dubus III

Andre Dubus III

Andre Dubus III’s books include the New York Times’ bestsellers House of Sand and Fog, The Garden of Last Days, and his memoir, Townie. His novel, Gone So Long, received starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly and Library Journal and has been named on many “Best Books” lists, including selection for The Boston Globe’s “Twenty Best Books of 2018” and “The Best Books of 2018”, “Top 100”, Amazon. He has three new books out or forthcoming, his novel Such Kindness, June 2023, a collection of personal essays, Ghost Dogs: On Killers and Kin, due winter 2024, and, as editor, Reaching Inside: 50 Acclaimed Authors on 100 Unforgettable Short Stories, (Godine).

William KenowerJune 2, 2023William Kenower, Andre Dubus III, Fiction, Writing, Writing AdviceComment

Julia Kelly

Julia Kelly

Julia Kelly is the award-winning author of books about ordinary women and their extraordinary stories. In addition to The Lost English Girl, her novels include The Last Dance of the Debutante, The Last Garden in England, The Whispers of War, and The Light Over London.

William KenowerMarch 31, 2023Writing, William Kenower, Julia Kelly, Fiction, Romance, HistoricalComment

Paul Harding

Paul Harding

Paul Harding is the author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning Tinkers, and Enon. He is director of the MFA in Creative Writing & Literature at Stony Brook University, and lives on Long Island, New York. His most recently novel is This Other Eden.

William KenowerFebruary 1, 2023Writing, William Kenower, Paul Harding, FictionComment

Lydia Millet

Lydia Millet

Lydia Millet is the author of A Children's Bible, a finalist for the National Book Award and a New York Times Top 10 book of 2020, among other works of fiction. She has won awards from PEN Center USA and the American Academy of Arts and Letters and been shortlisted for the National Book Award, National Book Critics Circle Award, and Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Her story collection Love in Infant Monkeys was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. She lives in Tucson, Arizona.

William KenowerJanuary 2, 2023Writing, William Kenower, Lydia Millet, FictionComment

Brooke Siem

Brooke Siem

Brook Siem’s memoir, MAY CAUSE SIDE EFFECTS, was named as one of Good Morning America's Most Anticipated Reads. Her work on antidepressant withdrawal has also appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Post, Psychology Today, Insider, Mad In America, The Washington Examiner, and more. She is also a Food Network "Chopped" champion and author of the newsletter, Happiness Is A Skill.

William KenowerOctober 31, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Brooke Siem, Memoir, DepressionComment

Andrea Barrett

Andrea Barrett

Andrea Barrett is the author of nine previous works of fiction, including the National Book Award–winning Ship Fever and Pulitzer Prize finalist Servants of the Map.

William KenowerSeptember 28, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Andrea Barrett, FictionComment

Conner Habib

Conner Habib

Conner Habib the host of Against Everyone with Conner Habib, an author, a lecturer, and a sex workers’ rights advocate. Conner gives lectures around the world about sexuality, spirituality, pornography, science, and art. He served for two years as the elected Vice President of the Adult Performer Advocacy Committee and is a member of PEN America. His essays and poetry have appeared in dozens of print and online publications, including CR Fashion Book, The Stranger, Vice, Salon, Slate, and several anthologies. Hawk Mountain is his debut novel.

William KenowerAugust 31, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Fiction, Conner Habib, Horror, LiteratureComment

Matthew Dicks Interview

Matthew Dicks Interview

Matthew Dicks is the author of Someday Is Today and nine other books. A bestselling novelist, nationally recognized storyteller, and award-winning elementary schoolteacher, he teaches storytelling and communications at universities, corporate workplaces, and community organizations. Dicks has won multiple Moth GrandSLAM story competitions and, together with his wife, created the organization Speak Up to help others share their stories. They also cohost the Speak Up Storytelling podcast.

William KenowerJuly 29, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Matthew Dicks, Stories, ProductivityComment

Caitlin Barasch Interview

Caitlin Barasch Interview

Born and raised in New York, Caitlin earned her BA from Colorado College and her MFA from New York University, where she also taught creative writing. Her work has appeared in over a dozen publications, and been nominated for Best Small Fictions.

A former bookseller, Caitlin is currently a creative writing instructor at The Writers Circle.

A Novel Obsession is her debut novel.

William KenowerApril 30, 2022Writing, Caitlin Barasch, Ficiton, William KenowerComment

Natashia Deón

Natashia Deón

Natashia Deón is a two-time NAACP Image Award Nominee, practicing criminal attorney, and college professor at UCLA, Antioch University and Yale summer program. Author of the critically acclaimed novels, THE PERISHING and GRACE, which was named a Best Debut Fiction by The American Library Associations, Black Caucus and was named Best Book by the New York Times, Deón is a Los Angeles native, wife, mother of two.

William KenowerMarch 30, 2022William Kenower, Natasia Deon, Fiction, WritingComment

Bernard MacLaverty

Bernard MacLaverty

Bernard MacLaverty is the author of five previous collections of stories and five novels, including Grace Notes, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and Midwinter Break, shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. Born in Ireland, he now lives in Glasgow, Scotland. His most recent book is the wonderful short story collection, Blank Pages.

William KenowerFebruary 27, 2022William Kenower, Bernard MacLaverty, Writing Comment

Andrew Lipstein Interview

Andrew Lipstein Interview

Andrew Lipstein is a writer based in Brooklyn. His debut novel Last Resort is out now from Farrar, Straus & Giroux in the US, and is coming March 17 from Weidenfeld & Nicolson in the UK.

His second novel Flash & Yearn will be published in 2023, also by FSG and W&N.

William KenowerJanuary 31, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Andrew LipsteinComment

Jason Mott

Jason Mott

Jason Mott is a Bestselling author, National Book Award Winner, Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction Winner, Pushcart Prize nominee, and Carnegie Medals For Excellence Longlist nominee, His poetry and fiction has appeared in various literary journals, and Entertainment Weekly listed him as one of their 10 “New Hollywood: Next Wave” people to watch.

William KenowerJanuary 1, 2022Writing, Fiction, William Kenower, Jason MottComment

Sabrina Benaim

Sabrina Benaim

Sabrina Benaim is a poet, performer, and workshop facilitator. She is one of the most-viewed spoken word poets of all time & is the author of the best-selling collection of poetry, Depression and Other Magic Tricks. Her videos have reached over 100 million people.

William KenowerNovember 30, 2021Sabrina Benaim, Poetry, Writing, Mental Health, William KenowerComment

Daniel Handler

Daniel Handler

Daniel Handler is the author of seven novels, including Why We Broke Up, We Are Pirates, All The Dirty Parts and, most recently, Bottle Grove.

As Lemony Snicket, he is responsible for numerous books for children, including the thirteen-volume A Series of Unfortunate Events, the four-volume All the Wrong Questions, and The Dark, which won the Charlotte Zolotow Award.

Mr. Snicket’s first book for readers of all ages, Poison for Breakfast, was published by Liveright/W.W. Norton.

William KenowerOctober 29, 2021Writing, Daniel Handler, Lemony Snicket, Fiction, YA, Young Adult, William KenowerComment

Richard Powers

Richard Powers

Richard Powers has published thirteen novels. He is a MacArthur Fellow and received the National Book Award. His last novel, The Overstory, won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction. His latest novel is Bewilderment. He lives in the Great Smokey Mountains.

William KenowerSeptember 30, 2021Writing, William Kenower, Richard Powers, FictionComment

Chris Power

Chris Power

Chris Power is a British writer and literary critic for The Guardian. He was born in 1975 and grew up in Farnborough, Surrey. He studied English and American literature at Swansea University, graduating in 1998. He has worked as an advertising copywriter and creative director. He is the author of the short story collection Mothers, and the novel The Lonely Man.

William KenowerJune 30, 2021Writing, William Kenower, Chris PowerComment

Anna Sale

Anna Sale

Anna Sale is the host and managing editor of Death, Sex & Money, WNYC's interview show about the big questions and hard choices that are often left out of polite conversation. Recently named New York Magazine's number one podcast, the show has also been featured by The New York Times, The Atlantic, Buzzfeed, The Guardian, Fast Company, and Real Simple.

William KenowerApril 30, 2021Anna Sale, William Kenower, Writing, Author, ConversationComment

David Laskin

David Laskin

David Laskin is the author of a number of award-winning books of narrative nonfiction, including The Children's Blizzard, The Long Way Home, and The Family. His journalism has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Smithsonian, Seattle Met, the Seattle Times and American Ancestors. He and his wife, retired law professor Kate O'Neill, are the parents of three grown daughters. They live in Shoreline, WA.

William KenowerMarch 29, 2021Writing, William Kenower, David Laskin, FictionComment