interviews

Podcast Interview & Romanian Translation

Scott Edelman has released Episode 70 of Eating the Fantastic, in which he ~~grills~~ interviews me at Pittsburgh’s famous Pork & Beans restaurant. I talk with him about my journey toward writing, what the Altered Fluid writing group has …

Interview in Fantasy Scroll Magazine

Over at Fantasy Scroll Magazine, Iulian Ionescu interviews me in their December issue. I give my life story in three paragraphs, wax philosophical about character creation, and give (gasp!) advice to aspiring writers. Not for the faint of heart! Here’s …

December 21, 2015

Interview in the Brooklyn Rail

Over at The Brooklyn Rail, Valya Dudycz Lupescu interviews me about King of Shards and my short fiction, delving deep into themes that recur frequently in my work. And Valya really dug deep, finding themes I wasn’t consciously aware of …

December 10, 2015

Guest on Hour of the Wolf Tonight

I’ll be a guest on Jim Freund’s Hour of the Wolf radio program tonight, broadcast on WBAI 99.5 FM and streamed / archived on wbai.org. The show will air at 1:30 AM EST, and will be available for three months …

December 9, 2015

Reddit AMA, Today, November 17th

TODAY, November 17th, I’m participating in a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) over in their fantasy subreddit. Come on by during the hours of 11am through about 11pm Eastern Daylight Time.

Here is the link to the Reddit AMA.…

November 13, 2015

Interview at SF Signal

Over at SF Signal, Larry Ketchersid interviews me about the Lamed Vav, writing difficult characters, Kabbalah, and other fiction books that use Jewish mythology that I’ve enjoyed. Here’s an excerpt from the interview:

Larry Ketchersid: What was your

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October 21, 2015

Interview at The Qwillery

On Friday I was interviewed by Sally ‘Qwill’ Janin at The Qwillery book blog about my debut novel King of Shards, which is out now. I speak about my writing style (pantser vs. plotter), some of the challenges I …

October 20, 2015

Speculate Podcast with Ellen Datlow

Last week I participated in the Speculate Podcast, episode 144, hosted by Gregory A. Wilson and Bradley P. Beaulieu, and I was joined by Ellen Datlow, who I co-host Fantastic Fiction at KGB with. We speak about the origin …

October 20, 2015

Geeks Guide to the Galaxy on Jewish Science Fiction

This week I had the pleasure of participating in Episode 172 of the podcast Geeks Guide to the Galaxy, hosted by David Barr Kirtley. I was joined by the award-winning writers and editors Jack Dann, and Rachel Swirsky. We …

October 17, 2015

Far Fetched Fables Interview & Excerpt

Plians of a Different World by Leon Tukker

I first heard of Far Fetched Fables. the sister podcast of Tony Smith’s Star Ship Sofa through my friend and writing buddy Mercurio D. Rivera. And over on their website, you can listen to an excerpt of King of …

October 15, 2015

Functional Nerds Podcast

Last week I had the pleasure of speaking with Patrick Hester and John Anealio of their Functional Nerds podcast and the episode has gone live today. We talk about pop culture, mythology, and my forthcoming debut novel King of Shards…

October 6, 2015

Interview in The Queens Courier

The The Queens Courier has just posted an interview I did with them last week about writing, my forthcoming novel King of Shards, and living in Ridgewood, Queens. From the article:

Ridgewood-based author Matthew Kressel has already

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September 24, 2015

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