Biographer Joan Schenkar thinks Patricia Highsmith deserves to be recognized as the author of one of the great American novels.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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China Miéville’s latest novel, “Embassytown”, in one of this year's nominees for the Nebula Awards for science fiction and fantasy writing. In this UNCUT interview, Miéville talks about the book and a whole lot more.
John McNally is the author of “The Book of Ralph: A Fiction.” McNally tells Steve Paulson about the real life kids who served as the models for his character Ralph, a trouble-maker.
Judith Claire MItchell's first novel “The Last Day of the War” is set just after World War I, when Europe's peace brokers decided to ignore the Armenian massacres. She talks about the painful legacy of that decision, 100 years later.
Foreign policy analyst Robert Kagan tells Steve Paulson that Europeans and Americans have very different ideas about the value of military power. He says the Europeans’ reservations about invading Iraq are entirely legitimate.
Orhan Pamuk is Turkey’s most famous writer and a cultural ambassador for Turkey around the world.
Afghan-American author Nadia Hashimi talks about her book, “The Pearl That Broke Its Shell,” as well as the Afghan custom of Bacha Posh – in which a girl is allowed to dress as a boy.
Miles Hyman is Shirley Jackson's grandson. He's an artist who specializes in graphic novels and adaptations of classic literature. His latest book has a lot of personal meaning for him. It's a graphic adaptation of his grandmother's most famous short story, "The Lottery." Hyman talks about how and why he took on this challenging task.
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