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From the esoteric to the sonic, tQ’s bookshelf revealed
Darran Anderson speaks to the author of the initially-self-published (and now PEN award-winning) novel A Naked Singularity about the book's philosophical, literary and political origins and whether there's a hope for us after all
Following the release of its second issue, Katherine Angel speaks to the editors of tender - an online quarterly journal of poetry, art and prose by female-identified writers - about their aims, impetus and the complexity of the term 'woman writer'
Twenty years ago this month, the BNP won its first ever seat, in an East London by-election. In an exclusive extract from his book Bloody Nasty People: The Rise of Britain's Far Right, Daniel Trilling speaks to the people who were there at the time
Darran Anderson is the author of poetry collection Tesla’s Ghost, a forthcoming biography of Jack Kerouac, and Histoire de Melody Nelson, a book about Serge Gainsbourg and his most provocative album. He speaks to Christiana Spens about music, censorship and Lolita, and the relationship between poetry, pain, and pleasure
Finding conspiracy theories, old friends and pop culture en masse, Aug Stone considers Thomas Pynchon's latest novel - as a stand alone piece, a companion to its predecessors and another contribution to the author's sprawling universe