The Art of Fiction No. 186 (Interviewer) Issue no. 174 Summer 2005 “A story doesn’t have to be simple, it doesn’t have to be one-dimensional but, especially if it’s multidimensional, you need to find the clearest, most engaging way of telling it.”
The Art of Fiction No. 183 (Interviewer) Issue no. 171 Fall 2004 “All I need is a window not to write.”
The Dog Issue no. 173 Spring 2005 “The children made chase, but the dog was too fast for them, cutting a jagged path through several of the older girls and boys who tried to intercept it at the corner. Zheng waited with Chen Wei,
Is There a Vespa?: An Interview with Michael Hofmann December 4th, 2014 Michael Hofmann’s first collection of poems, Nights in the Iron Hotel, came in 1984, and in the ensuing thirty years he has translated more than sixty novels from the German and published five more poetry collections, along the way collecting numerou…