Do you dream of having in-depth discussions with your favorite authors about their latest books? Join a panel of Electric Literature's veteran interviewers--Tyrese Coleman, J.R. Ramakrishnan, and Arriel Vinson--to learn how the professionals do it. How do you pitch an interview to a publication and get the author to agree to talk to you? What are the secrets of crafting great interview questions--and how do you avoid the ones that thud? How do you get your conversation with the author to really flow--and if it does flow freely, is there any way to make transcribing less arduous? Our panel will dig into all of these questions and more. Moderated by Preety Sidhu. Q&A to follow.
Do you dream of having in-depth discussions with your favorite authors about their latest books? Join a panel of Electric Literature's veteran interviewers--Tyrese Coleman, J.R. Ramakrishnan, and Arriel Vinson--to learn how the professionals do it. How do you pitch an interview to a publication and get the author to agree to talk to you? What are the secrets of crafting great interview questions--and how do you avoid the ones that thud? How do you get your conversation with the author to really flow--and if it does flow freely, is there any way to make transcribing less arduous? Our panel will dig into all of these questions and more. Moderated by Preety Sidhu. Q&A to follow.
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