“People talk about style, but style is in the sentences...”
Live question and answer session with readers about my books, writing,and the writing life on Facebook.
November 2, 2017 1 hour 15 minutes
“Writers always regret taking something out. The Revolution of Marina M started out as a novel in verse. Eventually I put it all into prose because I have a bigger tool kit as a prose writer. For narrative I need to live through scenes in real time, but I do have a fondness for those verse chapters...”
An wide ranging conversation about the creation of The Revolution of Marina M. Includes some excellent questions from Goodreads readers.
Interview with Kate Gale, Red Hen Press, at AROHO (A Room Of Her Own) women's writing retreat, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, August 2015
Interview by Tai Farnsworth. Russia, Los Angeles, writing the historical novel, films — a wide-ranging interview. December 3, 2014.
"Janet Fitch reminded me of what a writer is blessed with—an endless life of possibility. During this interview her answers were just like her novels, an unabridged artistic experience made of a thousand textures and unfiltered emotions. “It’s not about what you know that you write about” – she says – “it’s about what you are and feel.” 49 minutes.
Haiku Interview, Advice to Writers with Jon Winokur, April 1, 2014.
"Artists and Survivors: Lost and Found in L.A." Dana Spiotta and Janet Fitch in conversation with Carolyn Kellogg at ALOUD, Los Angeles Central Library, June 28, 2012.
Interview by Helen Gallico, "White Oleander 2013: Introduction/About the Author," Contemporary World Literature: White Oleander, University of Warwick English and Comparative Literary Studies, May 21, 2012.
An interview with the author and a comprehensive critical analysis of her novel, 'White Oleander'.
A rich and varied interview.
Janet on the Future of the Novel, Los Angeles Review of Books, April 17, 2012.
From the Los Angeles Review of Books One Minute Films series.
A novel set in Russia in the early 20th century.
In an interview with the Los Angeles Review of Books, Janet discusses her new novel, THE REVOLUTION OF MARINA M., a saga of the Russian Revolution seen through the eyes of one young woman. April 8, 2012.
From the Los Angeles Review of Books One Minute Films series.
"Russian S'lon with Adrienne Sharp and Janet Fitch," RareBirdRadio, BlogTalkRadio, April 26, 2011. Conversation about Russia, life, art, and the artists’ life with author Adrienne Sharp (The True Memoirs of Little K: A Novel).
Los Angeles Times. "Write the sentence, not just the story...." July 3, 2010.
Interview by Mary Hackett. March 11, 2008.
"Anytime you work with materials that are deep parts of yourself, you feel revulsion at showing things about yourself that you don’t want people to know..."
Drinks with Tony, with Tony Du Shane, Pirate Cat Radio, San Francisco 2008.
NOTE: Date is approximate.
"Book Notes - Janet Fitch ("Paint It Black")," Largeheartedboy.com, December 14, 2007.
Chapter by chapter playlist for Paint It Black.
Author Janet Fitch visits Google's Santa Monica, CA office to discuss her book "Paint It Black." This event took place on October 19, 2007, as a part of the Authors@Google series.
Author talk, Authors@Google, October 19, 2007. One hour, includes reading.
"Janet Fitch - Paint It Black," Review and interview, Mind Your Mind, December 2007.
Suicide, teen mental health.
Interview by Veronique de Turenne. October 4, 2006.
"janet fitch..between the buns," bookburger, September 26, 2006.
Loved doing this. Off-the-wall questions!
BookPage interview by Alden Mudge. September, 2006.
"There was a philosophy in punk - DIY, do it yourself - the idea that things don't have to be perfect, you just do them, you don't need anybody's seal of approval..."