Interviews — Author

Brian Buckmire

Brian Buckmire

Brian G. Buckmire is a senior staff NYC public defender in the Criminal Defense Practice and Homicide Defense Task Force at the Legal Aid Society, representing indigent clients in Brooklyn, NY. He is the anchor for Law and Crime Daily, a nationally syndicated show covering the hottest cases and controversies from courtrooms nationwide. He is also a legal contributor for ABC and has covered events like the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd, the trials against Harvey Weinstein and R. Kelly, and many more. In addition, he serves on the board of trustees for Coney Island Prep, a charter school in South Brooklyn. Born in Toronto, of Caribbean heritage, Brian, his wife Victoria, and their son Reid live in New York. Come Home Safe is his debut novel.

William KenowerFebruary 28, 2023Comment

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

Miranda Seymour

Miranda Seymour

Miranda Seymour is a British biographer whose acclaimed books include biographies of Jean Rhys, Lord Byron’s wife and daughter, Annabella Milbanke and Ada Lovelace; Mary Shelley; and Ottoline Morrell. She lives in Nottinghamshire, England.

William KenowerDecember 1, 2022Comment

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

Nancy Slonim Aronie

Nancy Slonim Aronie

Nancy Slonim Aronie is the author of Writing from the Heart. She has been a regular contributor to National Public Radio's All Things Considered. She was recognized for excellence in teaching all three years she taught at Harvard University for Robert Coles. She has joined with physicians and writers from Columbia University's program in narrative medicine to lead workshops using her Writing from the Heart. Her latest book is Memoir as Medicine: The Healing Power of Writing Your messy, Imperfect, Unruly (but Gorgeously Yours) Life Story.

William KenowerJune 1, 2022Writing, Memoir, Nancy Slonim AronieComment

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

Tananarive Due

Tananarive Due

TANANARIVE DUE (tah-nah-nah-REEVE doo) is an award-winning author who teaches Black Horror and Afrofuturism at UCLA. She is an executive producer on Shudder's groundbreaking documentary Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror. She and her husband/collaborator Steven Barnes wrote "A Small Town" for Season 2 of "The Twilight Zone" on CBS All Access.

William KenowerAugust 30, 2021Comment

Katherine Jegede

Katherine Jegede

Katherine Jegede is a British television presenter and author with a background in science. She was first introduced to metaphysics as a teenager by her mother, a former yoga teacher and education specialist. She developed a penetrating and enduring fondness for the self-empowering teachings of Neville Goddard, and remains just as steadfastly devoted to spreading his message today.

William KenowerJuly 31, 2021 Comment