I interviewed novelist John Wray about Gone to the Wolves, his latest novel. It's a fascinating glimpse of the early death metal scene in Florida as seen through the eyes of three teenagers. Wray had lots of insights about music, fiction, and more. I loved this quote in...
For this underappreciated classic novel, often published as part of a single volume with two other books, I employed a paper cutout method to depict whimsical hills over which the titular Molloy often walks to the village and back again....
Innovative storytelling deserves equally innovative design. In Jakob Guanzon’s debut, Abundance, the narrative expands and contracts based on the amount of money the protagonist has in his pocket. Striking imagery and an evocative money-tinged color palette combine in this National Book Award-longlisted novel....
Khadija Abdalla Bajaber’s The House of Rust, the first winner of the Graywolf Press African Fiction Prize, took attentive care and patient collaboration across several years to bring to life. For this project, which mixed fantastical sea creatures, Mombasa’s crowded streets, and Hadrami culture, I relied...
Anna Burns's virtuosic novel of the Troubles in Ireland, Milkman, was overlooked by major US publishers, to the point that when it landed on the Booker longlist, it did not have a US publishing partner. My acquisition and championing of the book brought it to the forefront...
How does a prolific, genre-exploding artist outdo himself? By doing that which has never been done: writing three books disguised as one. As part of the Graywolf team, I coordinated a meticulous creative process to unite three novels with divergent endings in one cohesive package, complete...
Daisy Johnson's debut novel, Everything Under, made her the youngest ever finalist for the Booker Prize when it landed on the shortlist. ...
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