American Studies in Europe

American Studies in Europe: Interview with Zuzanna Ładyga, University of Warsaw, Poland

Richard Martin: Who do you think are the most interesting authors in American fiction right now?

Zuzanna Ładyga: In my understanding, interesting would mean disturbing to the audience and challenging the canon, in which sense the writers I consider interesting are Dennis Cooper, Carole Maso, George Saunders, Dave Eggers, Percival Everett, and Mark Danielewski. They’re all very different, of course.

American Studies in Europe: Introducing the Interview Series

In the coming weeks, US Studies Online will feature a series of interviews with early career scholars in American Studies who are teaching and researching at institutions across Europe – from western Spain to central Turkey, via Copenhagen, Warsaw and Timisoara. We’ll hear from PhD students, post-doctoral researchers, lecturers and associate professors working in literary studies, film studies, history and cultural studies.