“There’s a certain moment in every book’s genesis when the characters start to fight with the author about what they’re saying, what they’re doing, etc. This moment is crucial! This moment means that they’re becoming independent consciousnesses. This is when Frankenstein’s monster looks at the good doctor and tells him to go fuck himself.” At The Rumpus, Roxane Gay interviews Joshua Mohr.

• Congratulations to Christopher R. Weingarten, recently hired as SPIN‘s Senior Editor.  (And hey, here’s our interview with him from July.)

• Dave Weigel interviews Mike Allred about Allred’s currently-unfinished The Golden Plates, a graphic novel adaptation of the Book of Mormon.

• WORD interviews Shannon Cain.