An Interview with Shane Jones

Alex Higley

“The Shark is Constantly Swimming Around Me but Sometimes I Wonder if It’s a Dolphin.”

Shane Jones

Lucia Berlin: An Influence Chart Lucia Berlin died relatively unknown in 2004. A new book of selected stories, “A Manual for Cleaning Women” being published today by FSG ...

“We need a fantasy in order to live in reality.”

  Drawings by Ria Brodell FOOD FACES: MELISSA BRODER In this series, Shane Jones looks at the diet of some of our favorite writers. In this installment he talks to ...

Food Faces: Jesse Ball

Drawings by Ria Brodell FOOD FACES: TRAVIS JEPPESEN In this series, Shane Jones looks at the diet of some of our favorite writers. In this installment he talks to Travis ...

Two Years Ago I Was Asked to Teach in an MFA

Two years ago I was asked to teach in an MFA program. The offer was immediately rescinded when I told the college I didn’t have an MFA. Still, I started jotting down books I ...

[gallery] Drawings by Rebecca Fishow  FOOD FACES: AIMEE BENDER In this series, Shane Jones looks at the diet of some of our favorite writers. In this installment he talks to ...

“It Fucking Sparkles.”

AN INTERVIEW WITH NICK ANTOSCA

The most common word I hear when discussing the writing of Nick Antosca is “sexy.” I agree because I met him once, three years ago, at a Mexican restaurant in LA where I ...