13 Questions for George Salis
To inhibit the imagination is a form of self-censorship. If you censor yourself, then you shouldn’t be writing in the first place. True writers must develop a pachydermatous skin because illiterate readers (an oxymoron that’s unfortunately alive and well) are bound to charge you with this or that thought crime.
13 Questions for Wendy Erskine
I dogear, bookmark, highlight, underline, write in the margins, write shopping lists in the back of them. I never treat them as pristine artefacts. And I like to see my marginalia of yesteryear.
13 Questions for Greg Gerke
You will love Raymond Carver and then meet Joseph McElroy and Elizabeth Hardwick later in life and it will be a beautiful maturing experience—you are a tree and literature wraps around you, marking your years.
13 Questions for João Reis
João Reis is a Portuguese writer and literary translator. His books are published in Portugal, the USA, Brazil, Serbia, and Georgia. He writes both in Portuguese and English. He is the author of, among others, the excellent The Devastation of Silence.
13 Questions for Seth from W.A.S.T.E. Mailing List
Seth is a non-authoritative devotee of anything and everything related to Thomas Pynchon. He runs a small Instagram feed, YouTube channel, and SubStack, all focused on difficult and demanding literature. He sits down with B.O.S.S. to answer 13 questions.