Drawing on 30 years of BOMB Magazine, this anthology brings together some of the greatest figures of world literature for a brilliant and unforgettable collection of sharp, insightful and intimate author conversations. With an introduction by Francine Prose.

Published by Soho Press. 480 pages.

"BOMB gives us conversation distilled into dream conversation, talk that transcends talk, thought that digs beneath transient impressions to get at the essence, the meaning, the purpose, the experience of the writing process. There is something to be remembered and learned from every one of the conversations gathered here. Read them for pleasure, for entertainment, for insight, and for clues to the mystery—to the hard labor and the profound satisfactions—of what writers do."
—Francine Prose, from the Introduction

"Through the diverse range of voices represented, the book affords a window into the minds and the writing processes of some of the world's best practitioners of poetry and prose."
–Publishers Weekly, starred review

Featuring:

Chris Abani + Colm Tóibín
Kathy Acker + Mark Magill
Martin Amis + Patrick McGrath
Roberto Bolaño + Carmen Boullosa
Guillermo Cabrera Infante + Oscar Hijuelos
Maryse Condé + Rebecca Wolff
Dennis Cooper + Benjamin Weissman
Lydia Davis + Francine Prose
Junot Díaz + Edwidge Danticat
Geoff Dyer + Jonathan Lethem
Jennifer Egan + Heidi Julavits
Jeffrey Eugenides + Jonathan Safran Foer
Brian Evenson + Blake Butler
Nuruddin Farah + Kwame Anthony Appiah
Paula Fox + Lynne Tillman
Jonathan Franzen + Donald Antrim
Mary Gaitskill + Matthew Sharpe
Kimiko Hahn + Laurie Sheck
Wilson Harris + Fred D’Aguiar
Bernard-Henri Lévy + Frederic Tuten
Wayne Koestenbaum + Kenneth Goldsmith
Rachel Kushner + Hari Kunzru
Ben Lerner + Adam Fitzgerald
Sam Lipsyte + Christopher Sorrentino
Ben Marcus + Courtney Eldridge
Steven Millhauser + Jim Shepard
Álvaro Mutis + Francisco Goldman
Sharon Olds + Amy Hempel
Dale Peck + Jim Lewis
Sapphire + Kelvin Christopher James
Lore Segal + Han Ong
Charles Simic + Tomaž Šalamun
Justin Taylor + Ben Mirov
John Edgar Wideman + Caryl Phillips
Tobias Wolff + A.M. Homes