Our interview with Peg Alford Pursell gives a peek into the publishing process at Betty Books.
INTERVIEW: Peg Alford Pursell, Founder of Betty Books
Category: Interviews
Our archive of interviews with authors, publishers, agents, filmmakers, and other literary and publishing professionals.
INTERVIEW & REVIEW: Sue William Silverman, Author of Acetylene Torch Songs
There’s a difference between truth and fact. Sure, we can’t just make stuff up, so CNF is rooted in actual experience.
INTERVIEW: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, Author of Touching the Art
Family is of course one of the original myth-making machines.
INTERVIEW: Susannah Kennedy, Author of Reading Jane: A Daughter’s Memoir
One of the reasons I’m so drawn to memoir is I learn so much by reading the journeys of others.
INTERVIEW: Suzette Mullen, Author of The Only Way Through is Out
One of the things I’ve learned in this process is the importance of advocating for yourself.
INTERVIEW: Susan Kiyo Ito, Author of I Would Meet You Anywhere
In a boundary-breaking memoir Susan Kiyo Ito unveils the truth of her origins.
INTERVIEW: Zachary Pace, Author of I Sing to Use the Waiting
This collection forms a mosaic of Zachary Pace as an individual along with the 1980s-2000s so familiar to many of us.
INTERVIEW: Agata Izabela Brewer, Author of The Hunger Book: A Memoir from Communist Poland
The Hunger Book, which includes recipes, is an unforgettable meditation on motherhood and addiction, resilience and love.
INTERVIEW: Jami Nakamura Lin, Author of The Night Parade: A Speculative Memoir
In The Night Parade: A Speculative Memoir, Jami Nakamura Lin pushes the boundaries of craft as she struggles with the loss of her father.
INTERVIEW: Janna Marlies Maron, Founding Editor of Under the Gum Tree, on Coordinating AWP Offsite Events
We speak to Janna Maron about organizing CNF-infused offsite events at the annual AWP conference.
