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An Interview with Carter Sickels, Author of The Prettiest Star

Michele Ferrari / May 28, 2020 / 1 comment

Carter Sickels’ much anticipated novel The Prettiest Star (Hub City Press) is a beautiful and moving story set in 1986 during the AIDS crisis. It follows Brian, a young man who leaves his life in New York City to return…

An interview with Rebecca Makkai, Author of The Great Believers

Rachel Barenbaum / August 28, 2018 / no comments

I’ve been a Rebecca Makkai fan for a while. Her first two novels, The Borrower (Viking, 2011) and The Hundred Year House (Viking, 2014) had me. Then she read an early draft of my forthcoming novel, A Bend in the…