Category Archives: Interviews

Cartoon: Things Were So Much Better Then

Posted on November 25, 2024 by Ampersand

This cartoon is drawn by Jenn Lee, who added so many great 1970s details! Jenn and I sometimes work sharing a table at a coffee shop, and she’d sometimes laugh aloud as she thought of more 70s details to squeeze in, … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: The Criminalizing Homelessness Cycle

Posted on November 23, 2024 by Ampersand

On Governing Magazine’s website, Thea Sebastian, Hanna Love and Tahir Duckett wrote: Criminalizing homelessness is bad financially and bad for public safety. Homelessness and incarceration have long been linked, as many people shuttle between jails, prisons, emergency rooms and the streets. … Continue reading →

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Me interviewed on the Drawing Controversy podcast

Posted on August 31, 2022 by Ampersand

I’m interviewed on the “Drawing Controversy” podcast! This was fun for me. This was the first of two parts; in the second part, Becky Hawkins will join the podcast.

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Silly Interview with Naomi Rubin and her brigade of robot, synthetic, and AI characters

Posted on August 15, 2019 by Mandolin

Rachel Swirsky: You lived in Japan for a while, doing things including translation and a television show. What’s the most glamorous story you have? Naomi Rubin: I guess I tend to compartmentalize glamour as something other people seek and not … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Silly Interview with Brooke Bolander, who will teach you the guiding principle “What Would David Bowie Wear”

Posted on August 5, 2019 by Mandolin

    Rachel Swirsky: Frankly, your fashion is amazing. I would be happy to listen to you talk about it in whatever way you want. If you’d like some prompting – what’s the basis of your aesthetic? How do you … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Silly Interview with Aliette de Bodard, Expert on Lovecraftian House Plants

Posted on July 19, 2019 by Mandolin

Rachel Swirsky: What is the best part of living in Paris? Aliette de Bodard: The bread. Or possibly the éclairs. I have a weakness for coffee éclairs, and they’re just not the same abroad (I’ve tried!). RS: What is the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Silly Interview with S. L. Huang, Spectacular Specimen of Superhumanity

Posted on June 28, 2019 by Mandolin

Rachel Swirsky: When you were at MIT, did you take any writing classes? What was it like studying writing in that environment?  SL Huang: I did not!  Which is kind of strange given that MIT has a ridiculously good creative writing … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Silly Interview with Monica Valentinelli, Who Aspires to Terrify You with Marshmallows

Posted on June 24, 2019 by Mandolin

(Editor’s Note: This interview has been in the vault. For Monica’s most updated work, visit her at  www.booksofm.com.) Rachel Swirsky: You can write any tie-in on any subject you want. All the normal rules are out the window. If you’re … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Silly Interview with John Chu, who will tell you about the great injustices of American Musical Theater

Posted on June 7, 2019 by Mandolin

(Illustration by Christopher Silas Neal for “The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere“) Rachel Swirsky: I am completely fascinated by the translation work you and Ken and others are doing to bring Chinese SF to the US audience. (Also, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Silly Interview with Jenna Katerin Moran, who knows what Russian servers to hack

Posted on May 16, 2019 by Mandolin

  Here’s me! The outfit is Miranda Harrell’s version of the clothing style for the villains (?) of my RPG, Nobilis: A Game of Sovereign Powers.  Here’s my website! https://afarandasunlessland.wordpress.com/ Rachel Swirsky: You have a PhD in computer science. What … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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