Lit Randomness: Junot Diaz's fav. writer, Aleksander Hemon, more Joe Meno, more Nic Brown

Lit Randomness pops up on Mondays and Wednesdays, or whenever else we feel like it.

Joshua Mohr of The Rumpus has a sit-down w/ Joe Meno: At the Rumpus.
(One of) the best:

Rumpus: I just heard David Sedaris is reading across town at the same time as we are. Pre-sold 700 tickets, or something viciously ridiculous like that. Do you think anyone will come to our reading?

Junot Diaz's fav. NY writer: Also at The Rumpus.

20 q's w/ Aleksander Hemon, author of Love and Obstacle: At PopMatters.
The best:

After years of being able to sleep in any situation: on the street, at work, in school etc., I managed to sleep through pain. That’s pretty impressive, if I may say so myself.

Conversation b/w Matthew Vollmer (Future Missionaries of America) and Nic Brown (Floodmarkers): At The Millions.
Hey, here's our interview w/ Nic Brown!

Conversational Reading complicates the New Yorker's point about low wages hurting memoirs:
At Convesational Reading.