- The Importance of Pie: Cooking the Books with James D. Macdonald – OCTOBER 9, 2012 “… Jim has a wicked recipe for Lime Pie that he combines with a lecture on writing short stories. We’ve invited him today to join Cooking the Books in closer inspection of this pie-story simile, and to talk about writing and teaching writing.”
- “Philologos; or, A Murder in Bistrita” by James D. Macdonald and Debra Doyle (interview with John Joseph Adams) – JANUARY 14, 2008 “The protagonist of the story (and a character in the novel), William R. Sharps is a mad philologist, Macdonald said. “He wasn’t mad originally, but studying old texts will do that to a fellow…”