Interview

MOLLY GAUDRY: Hi Kyle. Thanks for agreeing to this interview. When I first contacted you about it, I thought we would discuss your first book, The Slide, and leave it at that. Instead, over time, the interview evolved into a sort of multi-layered discussion.

J. C. Hallman is the author of The Chess Artist (St. Martin's, 2004), The Devil Is a Gentleman (Random House, 2006), and the recently published collection of stories, The Hospital for Bad Poets (Milkweed, 2009).

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Shane Jones, author of the chapbook, I Will Unfold You With My Hairy Hands (Greying Ghost 2008), and the novel, Light Boxes (Publishing Genius Press 2009), answers a few questions about his forthcoming books, his literary influences, and his favorite sexual position.<

Jimmy Chen—San Francisco resident, visual artist, and frequent HTMLGIANT contributor—takes time out to answer a few questions about his flash fiction chapbook, Typewriter, which is available for purchase from

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Today's question comes from Brad Green, who recently requested that I feature Benjamin Percy in a future Writers Respond segment. Brad sent along the following question:

I've been following the writing of Thomas Glave, whose story, "The Torturer's Wife," appears in the most recent Kenyon Review and absolutely floored me. Immediately after finishing this story, I searched for him online and found "Whose Song?" in The Barcelona Review.

Anthony Doerr is author of The Shell Collector, a collection of stories (2003); About Grace, a novel (2005); and Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World, a memior (2007). Feel free to click each image for more information.