Kind of late notice here, but Vick Mickunas of WYSO’s Book Nook interviewed me a couple of weeks back, and it looks like it aired today at 1:30 EST. I hear it will air again on Sunday at 11:00 EST, and you can listen to it streaming live over the computer by hitting the Listen Now button on WYSO’s website. Also, there should be a podcast up in about a week.
This interview was a lot of fun. Especially because it was with Vick, who, besides being a really nice guy and a hell of an interviewer, runs the show out of Yellow Springs, Ohio, and writes reviews for the Dayton Daily News. There’s a special satisfaction in getting to talk where your family and friends can tune in and listen to you.
Also, I was remiss in my Noir at the Bar wrap, in that I forgot to include Jedidiah Ayres’ far superior wrap. So here it is.
Lastly, Thanks to this book from Stephen Graham Jones, I spent most of last night kicking the covers, not really sleeping. And I didn’t even get past the first story.
I don’t want to give anything away, but there’s a reason why I load the backpack with Clif bars, jerky, panchos, etc., pretty much every time I go hiking with the kids.
Holy shit. What’s the title of this book?
Ones That Go Way
The Ones That Go Way?
WayWayGotWei?
Ha! I think there’s a logic to it, though, given the things Jones can do with narrative. And Christ, it’s kept my skin crawling all day. In a really tender way, oddly enough.
I’ve never read the guy, but he’s in the sample writing circles than writers I really dig (the LitReactor teaching crew, mostly). He’s one of those proverbial I-need-to-get-to-him guys. Good that you talk about him though. Don’t see his name often on blogs.
He’s the absolute best at what he does. Of course, nobody else does what he does. (But even if others did, he’d be the best.) I think The Ones That Got Away might be a wonderful place to start, too.