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Martin Riker’s fiction and criticism have appeared in publications including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, London Review of Books, Conjunctions, and The Baffler. He is the author of the novel Samuel Johnson’s Eternal Return.
An Interview with Mark Haber
Martin Riker
An Interview with Merrill Gilfillan
Martin Riker
Two Kickbutt Issues of The Paris Review: An Interview with Editor Nicole Rudick
Martin Riker
After the Nouveau Roman: an Interview with Writer Donald Breckenridge
Martin Riker
An Interview with Gregory Howard
Martin Riker
An Interview with Merrill Gilfillan
Martin Riker
Apr 18 2019
"A demagogue's words sound considerably more hollow on a hilltop in South Dakota than in a New York conference room. To 'be small in the world' (a phrase from Creeley) can be ...Two Kickbutt Issues of The Paris Review: An Interview with Editor Nicole Rudick
Martin Riker
Jul 24 2018
"Good ideas come from all sorts of places, and the minute we limit ourselves to only our own tastes, we shut off any number of interesting writers, interesting ...After the Nouveau Roman: an Interview with Writer Donald Breckenridge
Martin Riker
Jun 19 2017
What most immediately impresses me about Donald Breckenridge’s novel And Then is how remote his predecessors are from our contemporary moment, yet how immediate the book feels ...An Interview with Gregory Howard
Martin Riker
Apr 18 2015
Gregory Howard and I met in the late 90s when we’d both transplanted ourselves from large cities to the cornfields of Illinois to study fiction with intimidatingly smart ...
