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Plus+ interviews are handpicked interviews representing the very best of “Read an Interview”. Each Plus+ interview comes with bonus content to extend your reading experience.

Learn from a self published deaf author

Daryl Hajek has published two books with a third in the making. He took the self-publishing route and in this interview gives some marketing advice. Oh, and he’s deaf, which is a reoccurring theme in his writing.

Moving to Lanzarote, the Canary Islands

Mike “Miguel” Cliffe-Jones is a British citizen who has made a life for himself on Lanzarote, one of the Canary Islands. In this interview, we talk migration and how you too can drop everything and start a new life in Spain.

Coughing blood, saved by God

Chiradeep Patra, 40 years old from Cuttack, India, found himself alone, scared and coughing blood. After hospital treatment he believes God has answered his prayers to keep his wife from suffering.

The Paris attacks from a Muslim point of view

The Paris attacks of November 13, 2015, led to numerous hate actions against Muslims. Mosques in Western countries were vandalized. Muslims were openly threatened in the streets. Haidy El Desouky, 25, is an Egyptian Muslim woman. In this interview she talks about the fear Muslims have of people from the West.

Life in a maximum security prison

Michael Santos, US, spent a decade in a maximum security facility. Gang violence was part of the routine. Administrators blocked his ambitions to study. Today Michael has been released and works to change the American prison system.

Family adopted sexually abused boy

At age 10, Peter was forced to pleasure men for food. As a teenager he made his roommate give him blow jobs. American couple Melissa and Randy Grant adopted him from his prostitute mother. But was saving the boy worth the damage done to the family?

What’s it like to be held at gunpoint?

Michelle Victor, 33, experienced the unthinkable. She was stopped by a man as she left her girlfriend’s apartment, a gun pointing at her face. This is her account of what happened, her reaction to it and her emotional state today.

Visit Iceland with Hera Gunnarsdottir

Hera Gunnarsdottir, 32, was born and raised in a small town outside Reykjavik, Iceland. I contacted her to talk about the country, it’s development and what not to miss when visiting.

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