Interviews
Los Angeles Review of Books: An Interview with Marisa Silver
Marisa Silver speaks with David Ulin, book critic at the Los Angeles Times, about her latest, Mary Coin, at Skylight Books
Read MoreCaroline Leavitt: Interview
Marisa Silver talks to Caroline Leavitt about Mary Coin, Dorothea Lange, drinking lots of tea, whether or not art can be immoral, and so much more
Read MorePublisher’s Weekly: Subject to Interpretation
“For her third novel, Mary Coin, Marisa Silver crafted a story based on Dorothea Lange’s now-iconic Depression-era photo “Migrant Mother,” weaving three lives together over a 90-year span while exploring the interplay of personal relationships and documentary objects.” Publisher’s Weekly talks with Marisa Silver about Mary Coin
Read MoreThe Daily Beast
Interview: The Woman Behind Dorothea Lange’s ‘Migrant Mother’
Read MoreBarnes and Noble
“You can stare at that photo of Florence Owens Thompson, taken by Dorothea Lange in 1936, for hours. It’s like a conversation that way.” Working Woman: An Interview with Marisa Silver
Read MoreThe Oregonian: Bookmarks
Interview: Marisa Silver’s novel inspired by Dorothea Lange’s famous photo
Read MoreHammer Museum: Some Favorite Writers
Marisa Silver reads her story “Three Girls” at the Hammer Museum, followed by an interview with author Mona Simpson.
Read MoreDinner Party Download: Alone With You
Marisa tells a joke on NPR, then discusses her writing, her dark past as a filmmaker, and her attendance at an exorcism.
Read MoreALOUD at the Los Angeles Public Library
Marisa Silver in conversation with poet and memoirist Meghan O’Rourke
Read MoreEcotone
The Ecotone interview with Marisa Silver, by Joanna Mulder, discussing the two-sided nature of intimacy, the difference between fiction writing and screenwriting, and the need for a writer to be nonjudgmental in order to truly inhabit her character
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