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Index of Features


  • Andrew DuBois
    • Dec 20, 2017 He Covers the Waterfront: The Music of Duane Andrews Dec 20, 2017
  • Ann Quin
    • May 26, 2016 Every Cripple Has His Own Way of Walking: A Story by Ann Quin May 26, 2016
  • Anne Lanzilotti
    • May 18, 2017 Anna Thorvaldsdottir: A Part of Nature May 18, 2017
    • Oct 25, 2016 “Cut to a Different World”: Andrew Norman Oct 25, 2016
  • Ayşegül Savaş and Amanda Dennis
    • Feb 1, 2022 A Map the Size of the Territory: Letters on Space and Literature Feb 1, 2022
  • Bae Suah
    • May 25, 2017 Toward Marzahn:
      A Story by Bae Suah
      May 25, 2017
  • Ben Ratliff
    • Sep 14, 2017 A Conversation with Mark Turner Sep 14, 2017
  • Benjamin Dwyer
    • Mar 27, 2014 A Conversation with Barry Guy Mar 27, 2014
  • Bradley Harrison
    • May 22, 2014 A Conversation with Mary Ruefle May 22, 2014
  • Brent Hayes Edwards
    • Feb 11, 2020 Brent Hayes Edwards Introduces Joseph Jarman’s Black Case Feb 11, 2020
  • Brian Evenson
    • Jun 18, 2020 Introducing Pierre Klossowski’s The Suspended Vocation Jun 18, 2020
  • Brian Oliu
    • Feb 27, 2014 Living Inside and Outside Jason Rohrer's Passage Feb 27, 2014
  • Caio Camargo
    • Jul 10, 2014 Chico Buarque, Brazil's Malandro and Icon Jul 10, 2014
  • Cam Scott
    • Jul 21, 2020 A Tribute to Jacques Coursil Jul 21, 2020
  • Camilla Hoitenga
    • Nov 18, 2014 The Flute Music of Kaija Saariaho: A Personal History Nov 18, 2014
  • Can Xue
    • May 29, 2015 Declan Spring Introduces Can Xue May 29, 2015
  • Cecilie Seiness
    • Oct 10, 2019 A Conversation with Jon Fosse Oct 10, 2019
  • Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz
    • Nov 1, 2018 Recollections of Stravinsky: Prose by C.F. Ramuz Nov 1, 2018
  • Chase Elodia
    • May 8, 2020 The Pianist at 75: Keith Jarrett & Digital Culture May 8, 2020
  • Eric Chevillard
    • May 28, 2020 Éric Chevillard’s “Sine Die”: A Coronavirus Story May 28, 2020
    • May 25, 2020 Éric Chevillard’s “Sine Die”: Humor’s Herd Behavior May 25, 2020
    • May 21, 2020 Éric Chevillard’s “Sine Die”: Reinventing Pound Cake May 21, 2020
    • May 18, 2020 Éric Chevillard’s “Sine Die”: The Pretext of Physical Fitness May 18, 2020
    • May 14, 2020 Éric Chevillard’s “Sine Die”: The Hothead and the Sage May 14, 2020
    • May 11, 2020 Éric Chevillard’s “Sine Die”: Lachesis May 11, 2020
    • May 7, 2020 Éric Chevillard’s “Sine Die”: Nature Takes Its Course May 7, 2020
    • Apr 30, 2020 Éric Chevillard’s “Sine Die”: Making Masks at Home Apr 30, 2020
    • Apr 27, 2020 Éric Chevillard’s “Sine Die”: Quarantine Journaling Apr 27, 2020
    • Dec 4, 2017 Peter and the Wolf: Short Prose by Éric Chevillard Dec 4, 2017
    • Sep 10, 2017 Autofiction: Short Prose by Éric Chevillard Sep 10, 2017
  • Christiane Craig
    • Aug 14, 2014 Gravity and Light: Kaija Saariaho's La Passion de Simone Aug 14, 2014
  • CJ Evans
    • Apr 24, 2014 The Genius of Clarice Lispector Apr 24, 2014
  • Clemens J. Setz
    • May 29, 2018 On the Piano Etudes of Unsuk Chin: prose by Clemens J. Setz May 29, 2018
  • Clément Mao-Takacs
    • Sep 25, 2014 A Conversation with Kaija Saariaho Sep 25, 2014
  • Cynthia Haven
    • Apr 4, 2019 Who Is the Enemy?: A Conversation with Dubravka Ugrešić Apr 4, 2019
    • May 19, 2016 A Conversation with Lena Herzog May 19, 2016
  • Damjan Rakonjac
    • Feb 26, 2015 Henryk Górecki’s Loud Silence Feb 26, 2015
  • Dan Bilawsky
    • Jun 25, 2015 On Creating Art and Connecting: Joe Locke’s Love Affair with Language Jun 25, 2015
  • Dan Gunn
    • Jun 14, 2019 A Eulogy for George Craig Jun 14, 2019
  • Daniel Levin Becker
    • Aug 7, 2014 Beaux Absents: On Inventorying What Does Not Exist Aug 7, 2014
  • Daniel Saldaña París
    • Jun 2, 2016 The Discovery of America: A Story by Daniel Saldaña París Jun 2, 2016
  • David Auerbach
    • May 16, 2019 A Conversation with Paul Kerschen May 16, 2019
  • David Grubbs
    • Aug 4, 2016 Tony Conrad: Skantagio, an Appreciation Aug 4, 2016
  • David Harrington
    • Jan 22, 2015 The Blossom from the Darkness: David Harrington on Kaija Saariaho's Nymphéa Jan 22, 2015
  • David Menestres
    • Feb 2, 2017 Restless Minimalism:
      Lexical Music and the
      Text-Sound Compositions of Charles Amirkhanian
      Feb 2, 2017
  • Taylor Davis-Van Atta
    • Nov 27, 2020 A Conversation with John O’Brien Nov 27, 2020
    • Mar 13, 2014 A Conversation with Victoria Polevá Mar 13, 2014
  • Deborah Levy
    • Sep 15, 2016 Ann Quin and Me: An Appreciation by Deborah Levy Sep 15, 2016
  • Declan O'Driscoll
    • Jun 24, 2014 An Interview with Barry Guy Jun 24, 2014
    • Jun 23, 2014 An Interview with Maya Homburger Jun 23, 2014
  • Denis Frajerman
    • May 15, 2015 On Composing and Collaborating with Antoine Volodine May 15, 2015
  • Diego Azurdia
    • Aug 6, 2020 A Conversation with Carlos Fonseca Aug 6, 2020
  • Dominic Lash
    • Mar 17, 2016 The Loneliness of the Nearly Inaudible Bass Player: A Performer’s Reflections Mar 17, 2016
  • Doyle Armbrust
    • Mar 19, 2015 Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s Exquisite Solitude Mar 19, 2015
  • Efrén Ordóñez
    • Sep 19, 2019 A Conversation with Guadalupe Nettel Sep 19, 2019
  • Ellen Hinsey
    • Apr 10, 2018 The Sign of Speech: A Conversation with Tomas Venclova Apr 10, 2018
  • Elodie Olson-Coons
    • Apr 18, 2019 Writing is Movement: A Conversation with Claude Ber Apr 18, 2019
    • Nov 1, 2017 L’écriture est mouvement : une conversation avec Claude Ber Nov 1, 2017
    • Nov 12, 2015 With Every Sound: Barbara Hannigan and the Art of Witnessing Nov 12, 2015
  • Emily Cooke
    • Jun 29, 2015 Three Letters from Alejandra Pizarnik to León Ostrov Jun 29, 2015
  • Emily Hoffman
    • Jan 30, 2014 On Adapting László Krasznahorkai’s Animalinside Jan 30, 2014
  • Enrique Vila-Matas
    • May 3, 2016 The Future: Enrique Vila-Matas in Guadalajara May 3, 2016
  • Esther Kinsky
    • Feb 15, 2018 vii / morţi: prose by Esther Kinsky Feb 15, 2018
  • Eugene Ostashevsky
    • Apr 27, 2021 A Conversation with Lucia Ronchetti Apr 27, 2021
    • Nov 16, 2020 A Conversation with Elizabeth T. Gray, Jr. Nov 16, 2020
  • Fernanda Melchor
    • Jan 23, 2020 Fernanda Melchor Accepts the 2019 Anna Seghers-Preis Jan 23, 2020
  • G.C. Waldrep
    • Oct 24, 2019 A Conversation with Christopher Cerrone Oct 24, 2019
  • Galina Rymbu
    • Feb 2, 2016 Eugene Ostashevsky Introduces Three Poems by Galina Rymbu Feb 2, 2016
  • George Craig
    • Jun 21, 2019 Writing Beckett’s Letters Jun 21, 2019
  • George Grella
    • Apr 28, 2016 On the Outside, Looking Out:
      Alex Mincek
      Apr 28, 2016
    • Sep 28, 2015 All These Are the Days My Friends: Ostrava Days 2015 Sep 28, 2015
  • George Szirtes
    • Jan 7, 2016 Two Poems by George Szirtes Jan 7, 2016
  • Gerald Murnane
    • Nov 11, 2013 The Three Archives of Gerald Murnane Nov 11, 2013
  • Gidon Kremer
    • Nov 18, 2016 A Message of Thanks from Gidon Kremer Nov 18, 2016
    • Jun 2, 2015 Masks and Faces: Gidon Kremer on the Artist amid Global Unrest Jun 2, 2015
  • Greg Gerke
    • Jan 30, 2020 Full Orchestration: Rediscovering Patrick White Jan 30, 2020
  • Heidi Hart
    • Mar 7, 2017 Gaps and Tatters: The Poetry of Uljana Wolf Mar 7, 2017
  • Hilary Plum
    • Mar 6, 2015 A Conversation with Youssef Rakha Mar 6, 2015
  • Ian Dreiblatt
    • Mar 15, 2017 Before and After Gods and Cities: Ian Dreiblatt on Lewis Freedman Mar 15, 2017
    • Jul 24, 2014 Arvo Pärt’s Hazy Chasms Jul 24, 2014
  • Ida Lødemel Tvedt
    • Jul 2, 2020 Mary Ruefle: The Bergen Interview Jul 2, 2020
  • Ivan Ilić
    • Oct 29, 2015 Away from the Big Cities: Morton Feldman interviewed by Jean-Yves Bosseur Oct 29, 2015
    • Sep 22, 2015 Listening to Morton Feldman's
      For Bunita Marcus
      Sep 22, 2015
  • Jan Wilm
    • Apr 23, 2020 An Excerpt from Jan Wilm’s A Year of Winter Apr 23, 2020
  • Jason Grunebaum
    • Mar 26, 2015 A Conversation with Uday Prakash Mar 26, 2015
  • Jeff Bursey
    • Nov 26, 2013 An Interview with Steven Moore Nov 26, 2013
  • Jennifer Croft
    • May 22, 2015 The City and the Poet: Alejandra Pizarnik in Buenos Aires May 22, 2015
  • Jeremy M. Davies
    • Mar 22, 2018 Chevillard’s Dog: a story by Jeremy M. Davies Mar 22, 2018
  • Jesse Ruddock
    • Jun 16, 2016 “Bringing the Evil Things Out”: Notes on Abdellah Taïa Jun 16, 2016
    • Oct 30, 2014 A Conversation with Avishai Cohen Oct 30, 2014
  • Joan Brooks
    • Feb 4, 2016 A Conversation with Galina Rymbu Feb 4, 2016
  • Joanna Walsh
    • Dec 8, 2015 Writing in a State of National Emergency: on Dubravka Ugrešić Dec 8, 2015
  • José Vergara
    • Mar 22, 2021 A Conversation with Alisa Ganieva Mar 22, 2021
  • Jáchym Topol
    • Feb 21, 2019 It’s Punk to Be Eastern European: Jáchym Topol on His Homeland Feb 21, 2019
  • Katy Derbyshire
    • Nov 20, 2014 A Conversation with Inka Parei Nov 20, 2014
  • Keenan McCracken
    • Sep 11, 2014 A Conversation with Richard Powers Sep 11, 2014
  • Kevin Laskey
    • Jul 13, 2017 Signifyin(g) with the Dead:
      Musical memorialization at John Coltrane’s Funeral
      Jul 13, 2017
  • Kevin Sun
    • Jul 23, 2015 Every Single Tree in the Forest: Mark Turner as Seen by His Peers, Part Two Jul 23, 2015
    • Jul 21, 2015 Every Single Tree in the Forest: Mark Turner as Seen by His Peers, Part One Jul 21, 2015
  • Kolin Jordan
    • Feb 13, 2014 Cuttings from Mario Bellatin's Flowers Feb 13, 2014
  • Lutz Bassmann
    • May 13, 2015 From Lutz Bassmann's The Eagles Reek May 13, 2015
  • Lydia Davis
    • Dec 4, 2014 A Conversation with Dan Gunn Dec 4, 2014
  • Madeleine LaRue
    • Apr 26, 2018 Patterns of Erosion: A Conversation with Andrea Scrima Apr 26, 2018
    • Nov 20, 2017 Waiting Translations: A Conversation with Kate Briggs Nov 20, 2017
    • Apr 21, 2016 Coal Dust Is Also Nature: A Conversation with Isabel Fargo Cole Apr 21, 2016
  • Maria Dimitrova
    • Aug 17, 2017 A Conversation with Georgi Gospodinov Aug 17, 2017
  • Mark Haber
    • Sep 23, 2021 A Conversation with Agustín Fernández Mallo Sep 23, 2021
  • Mark Mazullo
    • Aug 25, 2016 Uri Caine Defended by a Devotee Aug 25, 2016
  • Martha Anne Toll
    • Jul 9, 2020 The Stephen Hough Interview Jul 9, 2020
  • Martin Ebel
    • Apr 11, 2019 “I Consider Myself Terribly Overrated”: A Conversation with Peter Bichsel Apr 11, 2019
  • Mary Mann
    • Nov 21, 2016 “Words Ain't What They Used to Be”: A Conversation with Bernard Cooper Nov 21, 2016
  • Matthew Spellberg
    • Dec 22, 2015 The Crucifixion of Kent:
      Life and Work of an American Sculptor, Part Two
      Dec 22, 2015
    • Dec 15, 2015 The Crucifixion of Kent:
      Life and Work of an American Sculptor, Part One
      Dec 15, 2015
    • Jun 4, 2015 Four-and-Twenty Bluebeards, Baked in a Pie: On the Laws of Operatic Space-Time Jun 4, 2015
  • Mauro Javier Cárdenas
    • Dec 8, 2020 An Excerpt from Aphasia by Mauro Javier Cárdenas Dec 8, 2020
    • Dec 12, 2013 Conversations with László Krasznahorkai Dec 12, 2013
  • Max Erwin
    • Apr 13, 2017 KULTURMESSIAH:
      Patrick Frank and the Roads to Freedom
      Apr 13, 2017
  • Maya Vinokour
    • Nov 28, 2017 The Voices of Linor Goralik Nov 28, 2017
  • Medardo Fraile
    • Apr 9, 2015 “Child’s Play” by Medardo Fraile Apr 9, 2015
  • Daniel Medin
    • Jan 22, 2019 A Conversation with Anat Cohen Jan 22, 2019
    • Oct 12, 2017 A Conversation with Unsuk Chin Oct 12, 2017
    • May 18, 2015 A Conversation with Dubravka Ugrešić May 18, 2015
  • Matt Mendez
    • Jun 30, 2016 Writing towards Music: A Conversation with Paul Griffiths Jun 30, 2016
  • Michael Barron
    • Jul 14, 2016 A Conversation with Anna Della Subin Jul 14, 2016
    • Apr 2, 2015 Michael Barron’s Brief History of Tape Apr 2, 2015
    • Jun 3, 2014 An Interview with Music & Literature Jun 3, 2014
  • Michael Kelleher
    • Sep 13, 2018 A Conversation with Chus Pato Sep 13, 2018
    • Sep 13, 2018 Unha Conversa con Chus Pato Sep 13, 2018
  • Mira Rosenthal
    • Jun 6, 2019 A Conversation with Tomasz Różycki Jun 6, 2019
  • Nairi Galstanian
    • Jan 16, 2014 A Conversation with Tigran Mansurian Jan 16, 2014
  • Naja Marie Aidt
    • Aug 13, 2015 Naja Marie Aidt's Everything shimmers Aug 13, 2015
    • Jan 13, 2015 Naja Marie Aidt Presents Stig Sæterbakken Jan 13, 2015
  • Nathanaël
    • Apr 30, 2015 Hatred of Translation Apr 30, 2015
  • Nell Pach
    • Oct 2, 2014 The Magic Virtual Realism of Can Xue's The Last Lover Oct 2, 2014
  • Paul Griffiths
    • Nov 21, 2018 Paul Griffiths Previews György Kurtág’s Fin de partie Nov 21, 2018
    • Mar 22, 2017 I went to the house but did not enter: a text by Paul Griffiths Mar 22, 2017
    • Nov 11, 2014 Graal théâtres: Paul Griffiths on Kaija Saariaho, Florence Delay, and Jacques Roubaud Nov 11, 2014
  • Paul Grimstad
    • May 28, 2015 Notes on Louis Andriessen, Stravinsky, and The Apollonian Clockwork May 28, 2015
  • Paul Kerschen
    • Apr 16, 2015 Sour, Salty, Bitter, Spicy, Sweet: On Can Xue and Five Spice Street Apr 16, 2015
    • May 1, 2014 Krasznahorkai’s Pilgrimages May 1, 2014
  • Pelin Başcı and Craig Epplin
    • Sep 6, 2018 A Conversation with Ece Temelkuran Sep 6, 2018
  • Peter Bichsel
    • Mar 28, 2019 Stupidity Is Power: A Column by Peter Bichsel Mar 28, 2019
  • Rebecca Lentjes
    • Feb 6, 2015 Robert Ashley, Giordano Bruno, and the Infinity of the Everyday Feb 6, 2015
  • Reif Larsen
    • May 8, 2014 On Space & Place May 8, 2014
  • Riccardo Benedettini
    • Jun 9, 2016 A Conversation with Ágota Kristóf Jun 9, 2016
  • Rodrigo Hasbún
    • Dec 11, 2018 A Conversation with Mircea Cărtărescu Dec 11, 2018
  • Samuel Cottell
    • Dec 10, 2015 At the Source: Dave Panichi's Life in Jazz Dec 10, 2015
  • Sarah Gerard
    • Apr 10, 2014 The Hilda Hilst Roundtable Apr 10, 2014
  • Saskia Vogel
    • Feb 18, 2016 Unearthing Erotic Genius: On Rut Hillarp and Swedish Modernism Feb 18, 2016
  • Gabor Schein
    • Jun 12, 2014 Lake Weeds and Water-Lily Roots: Gábor Schein introduced by George Szirtes Jun 12, 2014
  • Sofia Samatar
    • Mar 12, 2020 The Space of Writing: A Conversation with Amina Cain Mar 12, 2020
  • Spencer Matheson
    • Jul 5, 2018 A Conversation with Dan Tepfer Jul 5, 2018
  • Stefano Nardelli
    • Jul 16, 2020 Mise en abyme: An Artistic Biography of Lucia Ronchetti Jul 16, 2020
  • Stig Sæterbakken
    • Oct 23, 2014 Sacred Tears: An Essay by Stig Sæterbakken Oct 23, 2014
  • Susanne Frank, Vladislav Overchuk, and Hannah Wagner
    • Apr 4, 2017 A Conversation with Eugene Ostashevsky Apr 4, 2017
  • Sydney Boyd
    • May 28, 2018 Being Human: Beauty and Terror in Hans Tutschku’s nighttime songs from afar May 28, 2018
  • T Fleischmann
    • May 22, 2019 An Excerpt from Time is the Thing a Body Moves Through by T Fleischmann May 22, 2019
  • Tommy McCutchon
    • Jun 1, 2017 Unlimited Americana:
      A Conversation with Halim El-Dabh
      Jun 1, 2017
  • Tyler Goldman and Christine Wunnicke
    • Jan 29, 2019 “The Imperfect Enjoyment” of Translating the Scandalous Jan 29, 2019
  • John Vincler
    • Mar 26, 2019 A Conversation with Danielle Dutton Mar 26, 2019
  • Alyson Waters
    • Oct 26, 2017 A Conversation with Éric Chevillard Oct 26, 2017
  • Adrian Nathan West
    • Jul 6, 2017 A Conversation with Lydie Salvayre Jul 6, 2017
  • Whitney Curry Wimbish
    • Sep 20, 2018 A Conversation with David Bertrand Sep 20, 2018
    • Jul 12, 2018 A Conversation with Linda May Han Oh Jul 12, 2018
  • Will Alexander
    • Apr 24, 2019 Language Seems to Stoke Itself: A Conversation with Sylvia Legris Apr 24, 2019
  • Yevgenia Belorusets
    • Apr 30, 2019 Yevgenia Belorusets: Two stories from Fortunate Fallings Apr 30, 2019
  • Zsófia Bán
    • Jul 28, 2016 Keep in Touch: A Story by Zsófia Bán Jul 28, 2016
  • Éric Chevillard
    • May 4, 2020 Éric Chevillard’s “Sine Die”: The Pleasure of Canceling May 4, 2020
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