Tag Paris Review interviews

July 14, 2011
in Current Affairs, Law, Literature, Religion, Social Science

An Interview with Janet Malcolm on Iphigenia in Forest Hills

July 14, 2011
in Current Affairs, Law, Literature, Religion, Social Science

An interview with Janet Malcolm is a rare thing. Malcolm’s latest book, Iphigenia in Forest Hills: Anatomy of a Murder Trial, recounts the sensational murder trial of Mazoltuv Borukhova, a young physician in Queens convicted in 2009 for arranging the public assassination of her husband in front of their four year-old daughter. We sat down with the author for special insight into her experiences observing the court drama and writing this fascinating account.

March 18, 2011
in Current Affairs, Law, Religion, Social Science

Interviews with Janet Malcolm

March 18, 2011
in Current Affairs, Law, Religion, Social Science

Janet Malcolm’s feature interview, titled “The Art of Nonfiction,” in the new issue of the Paris Review is only the fourth nonfiction interview in the publication’s history. She discusses with Katie Roiphe her career as a journalist, the relationships to her subjects, and the presence of court cases and trials