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John Wisniewski: When did you begin writing, Joshua? Joshua Chaplinsky: Writing interested me from a young age, because I loved reading so much, but I was a lazy child, and most story ideas didn't get further than the inside of my skull. A few escaped to the page during high school and college, but I

Interview by John Wisniewski John Wisniewski:  When did your career in art begin,  Ben? Ben Schot: I wanted to go to art school when I was in the final years of secondary school. My art teacher was Ad Braat, a local sculptor who liked my drawings and advised me to enroll in art school. Once

88 year-old John Jarrett has written for Boxing News for 60 years, and held the position of Northern Area Secretary of the British Boxing Board of Control for 40 years until his retirement last year.  Boxing News is a British weekly magazine and the longest running Boxing magazine (dating back to 1909) in the world. He talks

Interview by John Wisniewski John Wisniewski: What interested you about the story of the butthole surfers, Aaron.? Aaron Tanner: I’ve always loved music. But after hearing the Butthole Surfers for the first time, it permanently altered my perception of what music could be, and changed the course I took to pursue new bands ever since.

John Wisniewski: Tobias, you have written two books on the life of Aleister Crowley. What…

Interview by John Wisniewski [interactive_banner_2 banner_title="KEVIN KILLIAN" banner_desc="Kevin Killian is an American poet, author, editor, and playwright of primarily LGBT literature. My Vocabulary Did This to Me: The Collected Poetry of Jack Spicer, which he co-edited with Peter Gizzi, won the American Book Award for poetry in 2009. His novel, Impossible Princess, won the 2010

John Wisniewski: What research went into writing your book on Allen Ginsberg? Bob Rosenthal: Straight Around…

Interview by John Wisniewski John WisniewskI: When did you begin playing music John? John Blair: In the early 1960s when I was in high school. My first band was a surf band in 1963, The Intruders. John WisniewskI: What were some of the band's you played in? John Blair: After The Intruders, I was in a folk-rock group

Jeffrey Cyphers Wright is an artist, critic, eco-activist, impresario and publisher, but is best known…

Interview by John Wisniewski In 1967, 21-year-old Pauline Butcher was working for a London secretarial agency when one evening a call came through from a Mr Frank Zappa asking for a typist to come to his hotel room. The assignment would change her life forever. After this chance encounter, at Frank's request, Pauline moved with