Is Publishing a Purgatory? A Conversation with Robert Kloss
Amber Sparks11.29.18
Robert Kloss and Amber Sparks in conversation on influence, the difficulty of writing experimental fiction and trying to sell experimental fiction in a traditional way, and the hazards of publishing in any format or medium.
The Literary Dung Ball: In Conversation with Jac Jemc and Amber Sparks
Amber Sparks08.21.17
Amber Sparks & Jac Jemc tackle plot, ghosts, and craft in their conversation on the occasion of Jemc’s new novel, The Grip of It.
“I Cannot Enter Her”: On Search & Escape in the Book of Mutter
Amber Sparks02.09.17
Amber Sparks explores the myth, maze, and memory of Kate Zambreno’s latest innovative work, The Book of Mutter.
Where Wonder Lives Online: Why Instagram is the New Cabinet of Curiosities
Amber Sparks03.31.16
Amber Sparks argues for Instagram as a continuous archive of the previously unseen and offers a curated range of new sources for your feed.
Memory As Story: A Review of Find Me
Amber Sparks03.31.15
Amber Sparks dives into the memory, loss, and apocalypse in Laura van den Berg’s Find Me.
John Dermot Woods’s Love/Hate Letter to Baltimore
Amber Sparks12.09.14
Amber Sparks tackles the psychosis of a city unraveling in John Dermot Woods’s self-illustrated new novel, The Baltimore Atrocities.
An American Landscape: Fourteen Stories, None of Them Are Yours
Amber Sparks09.25.14
Amber Sparks delves into the peyote-laced language of Luke B. Goebel’s new book, discovering a feral soul, hymns, and wild prayers.
Body Map: Mouth Cave
Amber Sparks05.19.14
Body Map is a series that invites authors to write about the body. In the fifth installment, Amber Sparks talks about the mouth cave.
Figures for an Apocalypse: A Dissection
Amber Sparks11.06.13
Edward Mullany’s newest is a vision of the world ending that eschews blood and guts for true, deep dread. Amber Sparks reviews.