Conversation

Jeff Jackson is the author of Mira Corpora (2013 Two Dollar Radio) and the forth-coming novel Destroy All Monsters (2018 FSG Originals) which is being released this October. Don DeLillo…

Above featured image credited to Adrian Pijoan and Ray Ewing, Salty (The Salton Sea Monster) As a child, I would spend the days of summer vacation glued in front of…

  About a week ago I was up to nothing in particular at 3 AM while slouching over Twitter when I saw a tweet from Brian Alan Ellis asking if…

Malcolm McNeill began writing and illustrating Tetra (Stalking Horse Press) in 1977 for Gallery, a pin-up magazine. Star Wars came out that year and suddenly science fiction jumped to the…

Nancy Au: I have such an appreciation for how you describe the human condition in Hungry Ghost Theater, as in this “meta” instance (page 59): In a moment, Piers, no…

What strikes me most about the stories in Genevieve Hudson’s new collection, Pretend We Live Here (Future Tense Press, July 2018), is what I think could be described as either a willingness…

JT: Hi Hazel. I’m very excited that we get the chance to correspond about your brilliant new book Vigilance is No Orchard, just out from Nightboat. As perhaps an intro…

I don’t know if the great American short story writer Bernard Malamud is a literary figure in danger of suffering neglect or not. But I would like to believe that,…

Light Magic for Dark Times is an inspired and accessible collection of practices, rituals, and spells for the modern conjurer, creator, rebel, and dreamer. You’ll map a road toward healing and…

Did your AWP 2019 panel get rejected? Here at Entropy, we are interested in seeing your rejected (or even your accepted!) panels come to life on the page. We want…

Copyrighted Image. Image Credit: Sense8 Finale, Segolene Lagny / Netflix   The just-concluded Netflix series Sense8 is lonely, but never alone. There is a big bad multinational company (the Biologic…

In shimmery, lean language, Melissa Stephenson has produced a stunning memoir, Driven, which is about cars, death, life, and ultimately, momentum. It’s a book that is miraculously full of heart,…

  Danielle Susi: In the introduction of the anthology, you note that you began your conversation with Nightboat in 2017, so I’m wondering how long it took to compile and…

Jamie Townsend: Hi Ted, thanks for taking the time to talk with me. I want to start off asking you about In Brazen Fontanelle Aflame‘s relationship to Oakland specifically, but…