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Christopher Robinson is a Boston University and Hunter College MFA graduate, a MacDowell Colony fellow, and a Yale Younger Poets Prize finalist. His writing has appeared in many publications, including The Kenyon Review and McSweeney’s.


Gavin Kovite was an infantry platoon leader in Baghdad from 2004-2005. He attended NYU Law and is now an Army lawyer. His writing has appeared in literary magazines and in Fire and Forget, an anthology of war fiction.
Together, Robinson & Kovite have authored two novels War of the Encylopaedists (Scribner, 2015), and Deliver Us (Alephactory, 2018).

Print Interviews

Two Guys and a Novel
     — Bostonia Magazine, Oct 14, 2015

The Kids AREN'T Alright: Phil Klay talks with the Authors of "War of the Encyclopaedists"
      — Omnivoracious, The Amazon Book Review, May 19, 2015

Two Novelists Double Down on Iraq War
     — The Daily Beast, Interview by Matt Gallagher, Aug 02, 2015

Words After War Interview with Sara Novic
     — Huffington Post, Jul 14, 2015

What Isn't Absurd
     — New Orleans Review, Interview by Ryan Bubalo, Sep 29, 2015

After War of the Encyclopaedists: an Interview with Christopher Robinson And Gavin Kovite About What Comes Next 
     — Amanda Knox, Jun 9, 2015.

A Q&A with Shelf Unbound Magazine
     — Shelf Unbound, June/July 2015 (page 8)

An Interview with Kirkus Reviews
     — Kirkus Reviews, Interview by Sean Rose, May 21, 2015.

A Poet and a Soldier Collaborate on a Novel about Seattle Millennials
     — Seattle Times, Interviews by Walker Orenstein, May 18, 2015.

War of the Encyclopaedists Debuts May 19
     — Wall Street Journal, Interview by Jennifer Maloney, May 5, 2015.


Radio Interviews

'War of the Encyclopaedists' In Baghdad And Boston
 — Radio Boston, Nov 6, 2015

Open Book with Mariella Frostrup (3rd segment of program)
 — BBC Radio 4, Jul 23, 2015

Late Night Conversation with Paul Martone
 — Late Night Library, Jun 2, 2015

The collaborative novel: Are two (or more!) heads better than one?

— CBC Radio Toronto, Q with Gill Deacon, Sep 14, 2015