The Interesting Times #208 (15.4.23)

Issue #208

• Stella Interviews Vivian and Caroline Thonger. >>Take Two.

• Colin McCahon’s insatiable desire. >>Dear Colin, Dear Ron.

• Gabriele Wiener does not care if you don’t see her writing as literature. >>Undiscovered.

• Photography as an unexpected writing tool. >>The Extinction of Irena Rey.

• Genre, truth, animals, and, of course, Sonia. >>Kick the Latch.

• The view from the backstretch. >>Kick the Latch.

• i am an old phenomenon. >>worm, root, wort… & bane.

• Embracing and rejecting the colonial lens. >>A Different Light.

• The fun starts with the endpapers. >>The Russian Detective.

• Depends. >>Turncoat.

• Heartbreak and family love. >>The International Booker Prize short list.

• What obituaries tell us about how the world views artists. >>This Is Not a Novel, And other novels.

• Turning the page.

• In words and beyond them.

• The joy of writing unpublishable books.

• A woman out of time.

• On the rise. >>Read their books!

• There are too many books.

• Cat symphony.

• No wrong answers.

• No idling.

• The fish doorbell. .

• Scathing.

• Snips.

• Virtual paua.

• Our film recommendation this week: The Nest.

• Bed-time story.

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