The Lives of Writers Autofocus Literary, Michael Wheaton

Emily Adrian interviews Justin Taylor. Topics include: growing up as a child actor, growing into a writer, a couple Donald Barthelme anthologies, his first books, the new novel REBOOT, realism, the supernatural, tv forms in the novel, a bottle chapter, Portland, Dawson's Creek, and more.

Michael Wheaton interviews Lucas Mann. Topics include: becoming co-owner of Riffraff Bookstore & Bar, community in Providence RI, the gap between life & writing about the life, growing up reading and watching, ambition, ATTACHMENTS: Essays on Fatherhood and Other Performances, intimacy and its mediation, threading and/or juggling, writing about parenthood, resembling a real human, body image, overlapping thinking and feeling, and more.

Drew Hawkins interviews Maurice Carlos Ruffin. Topics include: book tour, previous life as a lawyer and restaurant owner, becoming a writer, paces of production, the usefulness of distraction, New Orleans, THE AMERICAN DAUGHTERS, knowing who you are, writing as a man about women, freedom and loss, and more.

Lena Crown interviews Richard Scott Larson. Topics include: blocking out time, writing as a critic, an early interest in horror, a crisis of fiction, memoir vs book-length essay, the new memoir THE LONG HALLWAY, visibility, hiding queerness, masks, Michael Myers/Halloween, loneliness and observation, film form, fear and shame, and more.

Aaron Burch interviews Jason McCall. Topics include: a recent bout with cancer, the rhythm of art and community, teaching, approaching writing as a fan, sports and pop culture, the essay collection RAZED BY TV SETS, the contradictions of fandom, collective celebration, playing with your offhand, and more.

Sara Rauch interviews Julia Hannafin. Topics include: writing for tv and a podcast, journaling as a kid, the debut novel CASCADE, quiet drama, danger, sharks in the Farallon Islands, predator/prey, desire, gender, place, addiction, time, and more.