Interviews

On what book editors do all day (and night), an interview with Kerri Arsenault, Lit Hub2014

On twenty-some years in publishing, The Bookseller, 2014

On working with Philip Connors on his next book, Graywolf Press “Editor’s Desk” blog, 2014

On signing up Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields and Roz Chast of The New Yorker for a book about two-letter words, New York Times, 2014

On soccer and Boxing Day, an interview with Robert Siegel, NPR’s All Things Considered, 2013

On moving to W. W. Norton & Company from Ecco, New York Observer, 2011

On editing and listening for what to leave out, an interview with Jay Peterson, InDigest, 2010

On nature writing and John Fowles’ critique of our “addiction to purpose,” an interview with Leon Neyfakh, Thirteen.org, 2010

On moving to Ecco from The Paris Review, New York Observer,  2008

On making State by State with Sean Wilsey and championing local culture in the face of growing homogeneity, an interview with Andrea Seabrook, NPR’s All Things Considered, 2008

On making State by State with Sean Wilsey, an interview with Jon Fullmer, Bookslut, 2008

On making State by State with Sean Wilsey and returning to America after four years in England, an interview with Frank Bures, World Hum, 2008

On making The Thinking Fan’s Guide to the World Cup with Sean Wilsey, an interview with Robert Siegel, NPR’s All Things Considered, 2006

On soccer and real life, a conversation with Sean Wilsey, Powells.com, 2006