Miles Marshall Lewis tweets @furthermucker and blogs at Furthermucker, where he writes on having lived abroad in Paris from 2004 to 2011, among other things. A three-time author, he’s currently wrapping up his first directing effort, a documentary on French hiphop media. He lives in Manhattan.

• March 2012: Interview with Jeffrey Wright
  “The American public too often perceives Africa through a glass darkly.”
• June/July 2007: Interview with Sananda Maitreya
  After paving the way for Lenny Kravitz, Milli Vanilli, Oasis, and grunge, Terence Trent D’Arby changed his name to Sananda.
• April 2005: Interview with Sarah Jones
  The poetry wunderkind takes on racism, autobiographical fiction, and the perks of being a spoken-word rock star.
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  November 2004: Interview with August Wilson
  The playwright discusses blues anthropology, Bill Cosby’s tirade, and growing up in a four-woman household.