Interviews with Interviewers Archives
Suzanne Yeagley, McSweeney's
In Search of Pigeon Racers:An Interview withSuzanne Yeagley, Interviewer of People Who Have Interesting or Unusual JobsPotato-chip assembly liners are allowed to eat the chips that are too closely clumped together. Pool lifeguards are likely to do whip-its in the...
Daniel Robert Epstein, Suicide Girls
It's easy to completely overlook the work of Daniel Robert Epstein; after all, his words are surrounded by lots of naked flesh. Pierced, dyed, shaved, and tattooed naked flesh. SuicideGirls, the online ’zine, is probably what Hef would've dreamed up...
James Lipton (Almost), "Inside the Actors' Studio"
[Emphasis is ours.] Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 12:27:40 -0400 From: "James Lipton" xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.edu To: "Geoff Wolinetz" geoff@yankeepotroast.org Subject: Re: "Interviews with Interviewers" Mr. Lipton has asked me to write on his behalf. He regrets he cannot participate in...
Robert Birnbaum, Identity Theory
Robert Birnbaum’s résumé looks something like this: nightclub manager, short-order cook, shoe salesman, medical secretary, teacher, adman, cabbie, journalist, publisher, photographer, blogger, interviewer. Mr. Birnbaum’s digital home is Identity Theory (a literary Web site, sort of), which hosts his...
Andrew Krucoff, Gothamist
Andrew Krucoff is something like the Best Supporting Actor (Musical or Comedy) for the two New Yorkiest Web sites out there: at Gawker he sifts through the city's stats and facts and processes the raw data into shiny, colorful, easy-to-read...
A. J. Daulerio, The Black Table
Sample question by Mr. Daulerio: “Would you rather have rodeo sex with Jayson Blair or beat up Arthur Sulzberger's mother?” [Posed to journalist Seth Mnookin.]
Claire Zulkey, Zulkey.com
If you frequent any Web sites with words in them, there’s an 85% chance you’ve read the fiction or journalism of Claire Zulkey (and laughed, too). If you’ve visited her Web site, Zulkey.com (the only site which employs a kangaroo...