Essays and Interviews by Elle
2021
Kate Zambreno Talks Writing as a Mother Under Capitalism, Observer, August 2021
We Are Not Gods: Talking with Elizabeth Ellen, The Rumpus, July 2021
Jackie Ess on Making Work That Doesn’t Fit Neatly Into Categories, The Creative Independent, July 2021
Gordon Lish on Maintaining Your Focus, Interview, The Creative Independent, June 2021.
B. R. Yeager on Creating New Forms to Contain New Worlds, Interview, The Creative Independent, February 2021
Shy Watson on Writing What’s True to Your Experience, Interview, The Creative Independent, January 2021
2020
Despair is a Second Contagion: An Interview with Elisa Gabbert, Interview, Hazlitt, October 2020.
Vanessa Vaselka on Realizing You Can’t Quit, Interview, The Creative Independent, September 2020.
TRL - Twitter Interviews Lindsay Lerman. Video Interview, HTMLGIANT, September 2020.
Bring The Inward Outward: Talking with Greg Mania, Interview, The Rumpus, August 2020
Blake Butler on Writing the Thing No One Else Can Write, Interview, The Creative Independent, July 2020
Projecting Desires: An Interview with Sarah Gerard, Bomb Magazine, July 2020
Writing Advice from Metal Songs, Lit Reactor, May 2020
Interrupted Reading, Believer Magazine, April 2020 (compiled by Michael Seidlinger)
‘Go to Where the Rawest Stories Occur’: An Interview with Chuck Palahniuk, Hazlitt, January 2020
2019
Spy in the House of Anaïs Nin: An Interview with Kim Krizan, Hobart Pulp, October 2019
Writing Under Duress: How to Persevere When Your Life, Job, Kids Are Also a Priority, Lit Reactor, October 2019
Should We Care Whether Writing is Therapy? Lit Reactor, July 2019
What Joy Williams and Denis Johnson Can Teach Us About the Art of First Sentences, Lit Reactor, June 2019
Things to Do in Denver When You’re a Disaffected Millennial - Bookanista, May 2019
2018
How Time in the Woods Helped Me Reset My Life - LitHub (essay), June 2018
Tunneling Out: An Interview with Tao Lin - Hobart (interview) May 2018
Extreme Damage: Elle Nash on Harmony Korine’s KIDS - drDOCTOR (Essay), April 2018.
2017
How Pregnancy Triggered the Return of My Eating Disorder - Vitamin Shoppe (Essay).
Dreamworlds: An Excerpt of Bruja and Interview with Wendy C. Ortiz - Hobart Pulp (Interview).
Daytime is The Greatest: An Interview with Bud Smith & Rae Buleri - Hobart Pulp (Interview).
Grief Lozenge - The Fanzine (Essay).
2016
I Won’t Feel Ashamed of Getting Lip Fillers - Cosmopolitan (Essay).
On Beauty: The Year I Sprayed Fake Tan on Rich Women for Money - Hobart (Essay).
2015
Anger is Never Just Anger: An Interview with Sarah Gerard - Hobart
Swinging Upside Down - Human Parts (Essay)
2014
The Story You Made of Me: An Interview with Lidia Yuknavitch - Lit Reactor
Skin Underneath the Skin - NAILED Magazine (Essay)
The Thing I’m Scared of Most - Exterminating Angel Press (Essay)
