Autofocus Books publisher Michael Wheaton presents brief readings and various interview clips with the authors of the three Autofocus spring... more

Andrew Bertaina interviews Nick Rees Gardner. Topics include: buying a store, morning vs evening writing, running, emo poetry, going to... more

Jason McCall interviews Tasha Coryell. Topics include: seasons, ambience videos, re-shifting priorities, moving to thrillers, unpublished novels, relaxing about publishing,... more

Jason McCall interviews Juan Carlos Reyes. Topics include: reading as gateway, writing and creativity, temp jobs, academia, Seattle, Hinton Publishing,... more

Drew Hawkins interviews Jami Attenberg. Topics include: the new novel A REASON TO SEE YOU AGAIN, ground rules, first lines,... more

Drew Hawkins interviews Kirsten Reneau. Topics include: the debut essay collection SENSITIVE CREATURES, different selves, sexual assault & gendered violence,... more

Kristine Langley Mahler interviews Dennis James Sweeney. Topic include: reading before bed, the forthcoming HOW TO SUBMIT, small presses, hybridity,... more

Kaycie Hall interviews Puloma Ghosh. Topics include: writing and illustration, elementary school notebooks, the short story collection MOUTH, being generous... more

Joshua James Amberson interviews Tomas Moniz. Topics include: engaging with an audience, a book tour/honeymoon, working with a bigger press,... more

Erin Slaughter interviews Jenny Irish. Topics include: Maine & Arizona, childhood imagination, academia, body scrutiny, the new book HATCH, having... more

Sara Rauch interviews Ursula Villarreal-Moura. Topics include: teaching, learning to read like learning to drive, poetry, a move to fiction,... more

Jason McCall interviews Brooke Champagne. Topics include: finding time, 20+ years of teaching, NOLA FACE, trying to quit writing, collecting... more

Mike Nagel interviews Andrew Bertaina. Topics include: selves on the page, THE BODY IS A TEMPORARY GATHERING PLACE, evaluating your... more

Jeff Alessandrelli interviews Mallory Smart. Topics include: growing up in Chicago, writing in high school, studying history and philosophy, logic... more

Aaron Burch interviews Josh Denslow. Topics include: moving to Barcelona, formative places, the desire to share creative work, rejection, the... more

Teresa Carmody interviews Kristen E. Nelson. Topics include: imperfect queer & trans narratives, calling in community, other voices, IN THE... more

Emily Adrian interviews Justin Taylor. Topics include: growing up as a child actor, growing into a writer, a couple Donald... more

Michael Wheaton interviews Lucas Mann. Topics include: becoming co-owner of Riffraff Bookstore & Bar, community in Providence RI, the gap... more

Drew Hawkins interviews Maurice Carlos Ruffin. Topics include: book tour, previous life as a lawyer and restaurant owner, becoming a... more

Lena Crown interviews Richard Scott Larson. Topics include: blocking out time, writing as a critic, an early interest in horror,... more

Aaron Burch interviews Jason McCall. Topics include: a recent bout with cancer, the rhythm of art and community, teaching, approaching... more

Sara Rauch interviews Julia Hannafin. Topics include: writing for tv and a podcast, journaling as a kid, the debut novel... more

Joshua James Amberson interviews Jeff Alessandrelli. Topics include: Portland OR, the podcast The Steer, Jeff's novel AND YET, working in... more

Michael Wheaton interviews Zachary Pace. Topics include: working in publishing, finding a subject, moving to essay from poetry, I SING... more

Sara Lippmann interviews Ben Tanzer. Topics include: small town insularity, the new novel THE MISSING, time, regimen, not being precious,... more

Jeff Alessandrelli interviews Claire Donato. Topics include: writing desks, publishing young, music, writing and not writing, KIND MIRRORS, UGLY GHOSTS,... more

Michael Wheaton interviews Sean Enfield. Topics include: teaching, gardening, writing and music, HOLY AMERICAN BURNOUT!, writing about the classroom, information... more

Sara Rauch interviews Joshua Marie Wilkinson. Topics include: working as a therapist, a previous life as a poet and teacher,... more

Mike Nagel interviews Brian Allen Carr. Topics include: sobriety, Plano (TX), Edgar Allan Poe, a movie adaptation, learning a lane,... more

Jeff Alessandrelli interviews Michael Wheaton. Topics include: what in retrospect is quite obviously a mid-life crisis, pre-Autofocus experiences with literary... more

Kaycie Hall interviews Lauren Elkin. Topics include: experience in the performing arts, the book FLANEUSE, the new book ART MONSTERS,... more

Erin Slaughter interviews Chin-Sun Lee. Topics include: book tour, the fashion industry, debuting in your 50s, pressure, expectations, the novel... more

Jeff Alessandrelli interviews Trey Moody. Topics include: early writing, guitar, place, 19 MFA app rejections, his first book THOUGHT THAT... more

Jeff Alessandrelli interviews LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs. Topics include: Harlem, the Bay Area, music writing, play, finding buddies, the success... more

Aaron Burch interviews Lindsay Hunter. Topics include: Halloween, the prospect of sex as a teen, a love of acting, the... more

Kevin Maloney interviews Mike Nagel. Topics include: writing junk mail, Vonnegut, DUPLEX, the new surprise follow-up book CULDESAC, bringing meaning... more

Autofocus Books authors Aaron Burch, Kristine Langley Mahler, Danny Caine, and Holly Pelesky read selections from their books [A KIND... more

Michael Wheaton interviews Lexi Kent-Monning. Topics include: working tech customer service, previous work with bands and celebrities, the CA/NY push-pull,... more

Mike Nagel interviews Parker Young. Topics include: writing spaces, blame, unexplainable writing, tension, CHEAP THERAPIST SAYS YOU'RE INSANE (Future Tense... more