Virtual Memories Show 270: Ilana C. Myer “The writing has a plan, and it does whatever it wants with me.” Fresh from her book tour,

Virtual Memories Show 269: Michael Kupperman “My old work was about the absence of meaning; it’s just trying to be funny.” Michael Kupperman rejoins the

Virtual Memories Show 268: Roz Chast LIVE! “Living on the Upper West Side in my 20s was the first time in my life when I

Virtual Memories Show 267: JJ Sedelmaier “Parody is a wonderful realm to work in, because you get to do a technique but you get to

Virtual Memories Show 266: Steven Heller “I would look at other people’s design work and realize they have something I don’t have. What I do

Virtual Memories Show 265: Jaime Hernandez “Whenever I write Maggie & Hopey, they’re always looking at the past, always thinking back about what they were.

Virtual Memories Show 264: Dean Haspiel “I decided at age 12 that I wanted to dedicate my life to making comics, so I became otherwise

Virtual Memories Show 263: Jonathan Ames “For me, all writing — scripts, essays, novels — it comes down to enjoying writing a sentence.” On the

Virtual Memories Show 262: Jerry Moriarty “I wouldn’t be anybody if it weren’t for my Art Card.” Paintoonist (painter + cartoonist) Jerry Moriarty joins the

Virtual Memories Show 261: Robert Weil “Translation editing is all about the idiom.” Liveright Publishing editor-in-chief Robert Weil joins the show on the eve of

Virtual Memories Show 260: Jesse Sheidlower “You don’t need to reinterpret drinks that have been perfect for 80 years.” Time for a books & booze

Virtual Memories Show 259: Lavie Tidhar “You must be doing something right if you’re pissing people off. I just wish it was easier to piss