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Christopher Isherwood

51, Interview by Sarah Smith and Marcus Smith

Interviewed by Sarah Smith and Marcus Smith in 1975.

Christopher Isherwood was born in England, is now an American citizen, and resides in Santa Monica, California. He is the author of many novels, plays, translations, and autobiographical books.

New Orleans …

James Baldwin

51, Interview by David C. Estes

Interviewed by David C. Estes in 1986

As essayist, James Baldwin has written about life in Harlem, Paris, Atlanta; about Martin Luther King, Malcom X, Jimmie Carter; and about Richard Wright, Lorraine Hansberry, Norman Mailer. In examining contemporary culture, he …

Jorge Luis Borges

51, Interview by John Biguenet and Tom Whalen

Interviewed by John Biguenet and Tom Whalen in 1982.

Jorge Luis Borges, the distinguished Argentine author of short fiction, poetry, and essays and the winner of the International Publishers Prize, was interviewed by NOR on a recent trip to New …

Anaïs Nin

51, Interview by Jeffrey Bailey

Interviewed by Jeffrey Bailey (1976)

Anaïs Nin has attained a long-delayed place of honor in contemporary letters through the impetus of her renowned diary and five-volume roman-fleuve, Cities of the Interior. Born and reared in France, of Spanish …

Naz Riahi

49, Interview by Briana Bhola

Naz RiahiNaz Riahi Briana Bhola

Naz Riahi (she/her) is a director and writer. Much of her work explores the spaces, emotions and opportunities of otherness and isolation, informed by her experiences as an immigrant from Iran.

She was named one of …

Tissa Hami

49, Interview by Gabriela Barre

Tissa HamiTissa Hami Gabriela Barre

Tissa Hami is the Founder and Principal of Korsi Consulting. A former investment banker turned stand-up comic turned DEI consultant and trainer, Tissa works with clients across industries on their DEI strategies and goals. Her clients have …

Shahrzad Changalvaee

49, Interview by Diana Valenzuela

Shahrzad ChangalvaeeNaz Riahi Diana Valenzuela

Shahrzad Changalvaee‘s practice responds to sculpture in a vast field of media, including
installation, video, photography, text, performance as well as activism.
Through summoning, truncating, recalling and tokening, She makes works in a variety of
time-based …

Jocelyn Johnson

48, Interview by Breanna Henry

Jocelyn Nicole Johnson Breanna Henry

Jocelyn Nicole Johnson is the author of My Monticello, a fiction debut that was called “a masterly feat” by the New York Times and a winner of the Lillian Smith Book Award and the …

Jessamine Chan

48, Interview by Charlie Coulter

Jessamine Chan, photograph © Beowulf Sheehan Charlie Coulter
Jessamine Chan’s short stories have appeared in Tin House and Epoch. A former reviews editor at Publishers Weekly, she holds an MFA from Columbia University. Her work has received support
…

Mondiant Dogon

48, Interview by Melanie Hucklebridge

Mondiant Dogon Melanie Hucklebridge

Mondiant Nshimiyimana Dogon is a Congolese author, human rights activist, and refugee ambassador. Born in 1992 into a Congolese Tutsi family in Bagogwe tribe in North Kivu province, he was forced to leave his home village, …

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