Interviews
- Writer, Translator K.E. Semmel on his debut novel, The Book of Losman. The Harshaneeyam Podcast
- TV Interview with James Whorton, Jr.: The Writer’s Forum (SUNY Brockport)
- Debut Spotlight with K.E. Semmel (A Mighty Blaze)
- A Life of Books: K.E. Semmel (Debutiful)
- The First Book: K.E. Semmel (The Rumpus)
- Tourette syndrome connects novelist with his featured character (WBFO)
- Author K.E. Semmel opens up about living with Tourette’s syndrome (Buffalo News)
- “Connections” (NPR) with Evan Dawson. Author K.E. Semmel on his debut novel, The Book of Losman
- Heavy Feather Review: Interview with Geoff Graser
- “Three Percent Podcast” with Chad Post and Justin Murphy
- TBR: Work in Progress blog with Leslie Pietrzyk
- “Connections” (NPR) with Evan Dawson. “Understanding Tourette Syndrome and how to eliminate the stigma”
- “Connections” (NPR) with Evan Dawson, Chad Post, Douglas Preston, Roxana Robinson, and Tess Gerritsen
- Globally Lit (podcast)
- Return of the Native, 585 Magazine
- Kindle Chronicles, interview with Len Edgerly
- K.E. Semmel, interviewed at Asymptote
- Andrew Ervin (Burning Down George Orwell’s House)
- David Leavitt
- Simon Fruelund
- Richard Currey
- Matt Bell (Part I)
- Matt Bell (Part II)
- Yvette Neisser Moreno
- Dora Malech
- Garth Stein
- Marian Schwartz
- Taylor Mali
- Pia Tafdrup
- Andrew Ervin (Extraordinary Renditions)
Translator's Cut
- Kerri Pierce (Danish, Faroese)
- Aviya Kushner (Hebrew)
- N.S. Koenings (Swahili)
- Eric Abrahamsen (Chinese)
- Roanne L. Kantor (Spanish, Argentina)
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Martin Aitken (Danish)
Short Fiction
Semmel’s short fiction has appeared in Ontario Review, Aethlon, Gargoyle, and Monkeybicycle.
- Collect Call, Monkey Bicycle
ESSAYS & Articles
- “Much More than Fan Fiction: On Revisioning, Bob Dylan, Translation, and the Art of Borrowing.” The Writer’s Chronicle
- “How Should Debut Novelists Measure Success?” The Millions
- Electric Literature: “7 Novels Set in Copenhagen“
- “The Book of Losman: Research Notes.” Necessary Fiction
- “Want to Write Better Fiction? Become a Translator.” The Millions
- “This is What it’s Like to Have Tics,” HuffPost
- An Interview with Charles Jensen. Full Stop.
- K.E. Semmel interviewed by Ravi Mangla. Full Stop
- “Stirring the Pot: Albrecht Dürer, Bob Dylan, and Simon Fruelund.” Necessary Fiction (Translation Note)
- “Selling Hygge.” Literary Yard
- “Hey, Chairman Dean, Don’t Write Me Off.” Washington Post
- “Translating at the Blurred Edge of Memoir and Fiction.” Lithub
“When My Father Wasn’t Driving Trucks, He Was Reading.” Lithub
Reviews
- All the Stars Came Out that Night, by Kevin King
- Sam Patch, The Famous Jumper, by Paul E. Johnson
- “The Room in the Tower” by E.F. Benson
- Walter Lord: The Way It Was, by Jenny Lawrence
- The American Girl, by Monika Fagerholm
- Bob Dylan Revisited: 13 Graphic Interpretations of Bob Dylan’s Songs
- The Third Translation, by Matt Bondurant