Archive - Author Q&A's of Juvenescence

a conversation with the memoirist Lily Dunn

"Writing a memoir can be a time for real growth. When you dig into the past, you begin to see your own story from multiple perspectives, and over time…

Apr 18 •

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March 2024

a conversation about writing, caring and dating with the memoirist Caro Giles

"Because this is a hard life, I think it's difficult for people to understand that it's so much better than the alternative -- feeling trapped."

Mar 18 •

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February 2024

a conversation with the acclaimed memoirist Clover Stroud

"I've never felt secure as a writer. I need to work really, really, really hard at it. I think if there's a reason my work speaks to people it's that. I…

Feb 19 •

December 2023

A conversation with the writer Tomiwa Owolade

"If we care about social justice, then specificity matters more than generalisation."

Dec 4, 2023 •

October 2023

A conversation about heartbreak with the writer Laura Pratt

"It's important to be able to identify the value that heartbreak brings to our lives. Both the way it pains, but also enriches us. In the end, it's all…

Oct 17, 2023 •

August 2023

my interview with the brilliant, hilarious British debut novelist Sheena Patel

I'm A Fan is out in Canada this week!

Aug 27, 2023 •

June 2023

a conversation with Margaret Atwood

'There are pluses and minuses [to celebrity]. But for a freelancer with no job prospects, what’s the alternative? You can't un-famous yourself.'

Jun 3, 2023 •

May 2023

a conversation with the writer Stephen Marche

"We are living through the most chaotic period in the history of text -- most writers are jumping from ice floe to ice floe. If David Mamet woke up in…

May 24, 2023 •

a conversation with the memoirist Christina Ford

"The end goal can't always be happily ever after. Love has to sparkle, it has to shine -- but longevity isn't always the answer."

May 8, 2023 •

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April 2023

a conversation with the celebrated British debut novelist Sheena Patel

"It was very important to me to have a narrator who wasn't a victim. Every monstrous thing that is done to her she does to someone else."

Apr 20, 2023 •

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March 2023

Full audio version of my conversation with the London-based painter Nadine Talalla

'I paint women because I'm searching for myself. And actually I think it's what all women do with imagery of our sex: We search for ourselves, whether…

Mar 13, 2023 •

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January 2023

[COPY] A conversation with the bestselling novelist Bonnie Garmus

"I really had no idea how much people would care about my age. It’s the last thing that matters in writing. What does matter is working at the craft."

Jan 5, 2023

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