I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Robert Mayhew, a philosophy professor and prolific editor and author, about Ayn Rand’s first novel, We the Living (1936). He discusses the book, its urgently relevant theme of the individual versus the state, the movie version, and his thoroughly engaging Essays on Ayn Rand’s We the Living.
This is the first of three new, exclusive interviews about this classic work of literature planned for publication on the site. Forthcoming in the series are my personal interviews with Ayn Rand archivist Jeff Britting, author of an Ayn Rand biography and co-producer of the Oscar-nominated documentary Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life, and Duncan Scott, co-producer of the restored film adaptation of We the Living, made in Italy in 1942 and reconstructed with Ayn Rand’s cooperation.
Read the interview with Dr. Mayhew here.
