EDITED BY SHEILA HETI, ROSS SIMONINI, AND VENDELA VIDA

Sheila Heti is the author of five books, including the “novel from life” How Should a Person Be? and The Chairs Are Where the People Go, co-authored with Misha Glouberman, which the New Yorker called “a triumph of conversational philosophy.” She lives in Toronto.

Ross Simonini is a musician, writer, and artist living in New York. He has edited interviews at the Believer since 2007.

Vendela Vida co-founded the Believer in 2003. She is the author of four books, including the novels Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name and The Lovers.