On ‘Crying Clowns’ and ‘Scandalous Deviants’: An Interview with Sang Young Park and Anton Hur
Read this interview with Sang Young Park and Anton Hur, writer and translator of Love in the Big City.
Archive: Interviews
‘We are louder when we are heard together’: Sara Ahmed on Complaint!
In this exclusive extract from Wasafiri 109, Adrija Dey interviews Sara Ahmed, discussing Ahmed’s experience of writing her book Complaint!, and the larger process of gathering testimonies, being a ‘feminist ear’, and working to advocate for others and oneself from an intersectional perspective.
‘Against the background of collapse’: A Conversation with Jessica Gaitán Johannesson and Daisy Hildyard
In this conversation between Wasafiri Writer-in-Residence Jessica Gaitán Johannesson and novelist Daisy Hildyard, both writers reflect on the way that the climate emergency has affected and shaped their work, considering the complexities and connections of capitalism, craft, and individual responsibilities.
‘Decolonisation is a constant struggle’: An Interview with Gloria Wekker
Gloria Wekker, author of White Innocence: Paradoxes of Colonialism and Race, talks with Elif Lootens and Sigrid Corry about decolonisation and racism in the Netherlands.
Wasafiri Wonders: Lola Olufemi
In this instalment of Wasafiri Wonders, we spoke with author Lola Olufemi about first drafts, relational processes, and her writing rituals.
‘The everyday haunting of inherited trauma’: Sabba Khan on her graphic memoir The Roles We Play
In this interview, Sabba Khan talks about her graphic memoir ‘The Roles We Play’, alongside questions of identity, culture, family and belonging.
‘Representing Anything Limits You, Makes You Smaller’: A Conversation with Ahdaf Soueif and Kamila Shamsie
In this excerpt from Issue 108, Rachel Gregory Fox interviews Kamila Shamsie and Ahdaf Soueif on Islamic art, writing, and the act of curation.
Wasafiri Wonders: Dzifa Benson and Romalyn Ante
Wasafiri talks about craft and writing with two of the 2021 Jerwood Compton Poetry Fellowships, and Wasafiri contributors and friends, Dzifa Benson and Romalyn Ante.
‘Writers grow out of communities’: Malachi McIntosh on Wasafiri’s Craft
Wasafiri‘s Publishing Director, Malachi McIntosh, discusses the nuances and motivation behind Wasafiri‘s upcoming podcast Craft, ahead of the release of the first episode on 3 November.