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    In Conversation with Sofia Akel and The Free Books Campaign
    Hannah Abban
    • Dec 23, 2020
    • 5 min

    In Conversation with Sofia Akel and The Free Books Campaign

    It has been a rough eight months in some shape or form for everybody. In the summer as the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement experienced ...
    In Conversation with Alexander Chee
    Mel Ann Rosenthal
    • Dec 21, 2020
    • 14 min

    In Conversation with Alexander Chee

    In March, shortly after sharing a brief review on Instagram of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel, I got an alert that Alexander Chee...
    In Conversation with Lane Moore
    Mel Ann Rosenthal
    • Oct 14, 2020
    • 5 min

    In Conversation with Lane Moore

    How to Be Alone is one of those books that was so nice I read it twice. I’m not prone to rereads and have only picked up the same book mo...
    In Conversation with Bianca Marais
    Mel Ann Rosenthal
    • Oct 5, 2020
    • 11 min

    In Conversation with Bianca Marais

    Bianca Marais is the author of two historical fiction novels both set in South Africa during periods of upheaval. I have been a fan since...
    In Conversation with Zelda Knight and Ekpeki Oghenechovwe Donald
    Akilah White
    • Sep 23, 2020
    • 6 min

    In Conversation with Zelda Knight and Ekpeki Oghenechovwe Donald

    Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora is the first volume in a series which brings together ...
    In Conversation with Elissa R. Sloan
    Mel Ann Rosenthal
    • Sep 2, 2020
    • 10 min

    In Conversation with Elissa R. Sloan

    "I comped Cassidy Holmes to Spice Girls crossed with Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng when I pitched it."
    In Conversation with Lynn Steger Strong
    Mel Ann Rosenthal
    • Aug 20, 2020
    • 10 min

    In Conversation with Lynn Steger Strong

    From October 2018 through September 2019, I was lucky enough to be taught by Lynn in Catapult’s Novel Generator class. It was a year-long...
    In Conversation with Lauren Francis-Sharma
    Akilah White
    • Jun 16, 2020
    • 9 min

    In Conversation with Lauren Francis-Sharma

    Lauren shares how she came up with her fantastic concept, how the United States and Caribbean history are connected, and what sets her char
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