Interviews

Any Day Now

"I hope I die before I get old," sang The Who's Roger Daltrey before he got old. Aging may not be a picnic, but ...

By Claire Holden Rothman

Crazy About Lili

Crazy About Lili

It’s probably not a label William Weintraub ever expected to have attached to him, even by default, but he has ...

By Joel Yanofsky

Certifiable

McGimpsey’s file already includes three collections of poetry – Lardcake, Dogboy, and Hamburger ...

By Andrew Steinmetz

It’s Not About the Money

It’s Not About the Money

“They have a passion to do it. They’re highly intelligent, deeply in love with literature. They’re often writers ...

By Ian McGillis

Skinny

It was probably inevitable. Write a debut novel called Skinny, in which you do an almost frighteningly good ...

By Ian McGillis

The Memory Artists

The Memory Artists is a tragicomedy with a flip postmodern heart. Set in contemporary Montreal, largely in ...

By Andrew Steinmetz

After Surfing Ocean Beach

After Surfing Ocean Beach

It's a bright, mild afternoon in early March when I ring Mary Soderstrom's doorbell, the kind of day that gives ...

By Kimberly Bourgeois

I can see you being invisible

Touted as funny, even hilarious, I can see you being invisible has a frightening texture. Set for the most ...

By Andrew Steinmetz

One Day Even Trevi will Crumble

If you've spent any time in NDG, particularly the less gentrified part south of Monkland Village commonly ...

By Joel Yanofsky

Volta

Volta begins with the warning of "widespread damage." It's never made clear what the damage is, but the ...

By Carmine Starnino