http://selvesandothers.org/ en SPIP - www.spip.net http://www.selvesandothers.org/article13126.html 2006-02-11T03:59:00Z text/html en Mickey Z., Tony Christini <p>Noam Chomsky sez: "It is quite possible—overwhelmingly probable, one might guess—that we will always learn more about human life and human personality from novels than from scientific psychology." That goes double for novels published by Mainstay Press. Founded in 2005 by three radical authors-Tony Christini, Mike Palecek and Andre Vltchek-Mainstay is off and running with six books already released and several more forthcoming. Recently, I asked Tony Christini a few questions via e-mail.</p> <p><strong>MZ:</strong> How does Mainstay define the term "political novel"?</p> <p><strong>TC:</strong> Mainstay Press doesn't define "political novel," nor do I. Mainstay looks to publish books that are socially, culturally, politically progressive, especially explicitly so, that is books that are overtly topical and quality stories - books that focus largely on the public elements of people's lives, books that may contribute to progressive change. (...)</p> - <a href="" rel="directory"></a>