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Jane Ciabattari’s reviews, interviews, and cultural reporting have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, Bookforum, The Guardian, NPR.org, The Boston Globe, Salon, The Paris Review, Los Angeles Times, O the Oprah Magazine, The Washington Post, Columbia Journalism Review, and The East Hampton Star, among others. She is vice president/online and former president of the National Book Critics Circle and author of the short-story collection Stealing the Fire. Her recent short stories are online at The Literarian, KGB Bar Lit, Verbsap, Literary Mama, and Lost Magazine, and in Long Island Noir, edited by Kaylie Jones.
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The Novelist Who’s Obsessed With Code
Two WorldsAcclaimed novelist Vikram Chandra is equally obsessed with the tech world of computer coding and the realm of imagination. He talks about the two realities.

Yiyun Li Takes on Evil
Though born in Beijing Yiyun Li writes English better than most native writers. She talks about her new book, her childhood, and the darkness of humanity.

Allende Hate-Writes a Mystery
ConfusedBestseller author Isabel Allende caused a furor when she dismissed mysteries while she herself was promoting her new novel, a mystery itself. She talks to Jane Ciabattari about the controversy and why she tried her hand at the genre.

The Tricky Business of Sex
Silk and Lace<p>Novelist Amy Tan talks about her new novel, <i>The Valley of Amazement</i>, set in a Shanghai courtesan house, how she researched Chinese history, and learning how to write about sex.</p>

Murder, She Wrote
SociopathsJayne Anne Phillips talks about her new novel, ‘Quiet Dell,’ inspired by the ‘Bluebeard’ murders in Depression-era West Virginia, one of America’s most sensational serial killings.

How Terry Got Her Groove Back
All About Grandma<p>Terry McMillan talks about the power of family ties and her new novel, <i>Who Asked You?</i> with Jane Ciabattari.</p>

Faulkner of Oil Country
Rick BassRick Bass, one of America’s great writers of the West, talks about his new novel and the glory days of George Plimpton.

The House that Slavery Built
Invisible ManorMac Griswold tells Jane Ciabattari about an estate near the Hamptons that used to be one of the largest slave-owning plantations in the North.

The Way Home
After War<p>How do you return from war? That was the question Roxana Robinson set out to answer in her new novel, <i>Sparta</i>. She spoke to Jane Ciabattari about how she researched the experiences of veterans—and why she used that title.</p>

Happy Short Story Month!
May ReadsMay is Short Story Month. Here are Jane Ciabattari’s favorite new collections, from an ironic new voice to a posthumous release.
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