The Lit Hub Author Questionnaire is a monthly interview featuring seven questions for five authors with new books. This month we talk to:

* Maria Adelmann ( The Adjunct)***

* Lily Brooks-Dalton ( Ruins ) *

* Benjamin Hale ( Cave Mountain: A Disappearance and a Reckoning in the Ozarks ) *

* Luke Kennard ( Black Bag ) *

* T Kira Madden ( Whidbey ) *

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Without summarizing it in any way, what would you say your book is about?

Maria Adelmann: The myth of intellectual and creative labor existing outside of the market. Plus: class, power, academia, sex, and feeling uncategorizable.

Lily Brooks-Dalton: Ancient civilizations and modern disaster. Dirt, all kinds. Is it human nature to be extractive assholes, or is this just a phase?…