Ali Smith on ghost stories, activism and the cyclical nature of time

Peter Eisenman on pushing the bounds of modern architecture and transforming influence

Danzy Senna's darkly comic take on racial identity

Francine du Plessix Gray on growing up the daughter of a great Russian beauty

Prolific and daring author Joyce Carol Oates on her childhood, widowhood and concerns about American society

Amitava Kumar on India, the U.S. and the indelible imprint of the immigrant experience

Edna O'Brien: from Ireland's outcast to celebrated icon

Laurie Anderson on language, story and losing her archives to Hurricane Sandy

Tony Kushner on his evolution as a storyteller, from Angels in America to The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide

Claire Messud on the stories and secrets of a French Algerian family in The Last Life

Biographer Nicholas Murray reflects on Kafka's life — this month is the 100th anniversary of his death

Jenny Erpenbeck, winner of the International Booker Prize 2024, on The End of Days and personal transformations

Hari Kunzru on race, politics and the blues

How using her imagination saved Scottish author Jackie Kay

Alice Munro on writing about life, love, sex and secrets

Chance, fate and fiction: looking back at American novelist and filmmaker Paul Auster

Looking back on American sculptor Richard Serra and how he became the Man of Steel

Poet Raymond Antrobus on hearing, seeing and grieving through verse

Colm Toibin on the unspoken and powerful dynamics between mothers and sons

Alice Oswald on poetry, nature and the shedding of identity