Chris and James go through Chris’s life from set maker and creator of latex fish to author of the brilliant GOLDEN DELICIOUS and HOW TO KEEP YOUR VOLKSWAGEN ALIVE. They talk about how writers want to hear from you, how random kindnesses led to their careers, and how Chris came upon his writing style. Then, Kim Liao discusses her essay “Why You Should Aim for 100 Rejections a Year,” which was published on lithub.com.
CHRIS AND JAMES DISCUSS:
Powell’s Books
Kevin Sampsell
Boris Vian
JESUS’ SON by Denis Johnson
HOUSEKEEPING by Marilynne Robinson
TROUT FISHING IN AMERICA by Richard Brautigan
THE FAERIE QUEENE by Edmund Spenser
Sam Shepard
Harold Pinter
Caryl Churchill
Spalding Gray
A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dixon
BIG RIVER: THE ADVENTURE OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN by Roger Miller
Geoffrey Wolff
Tobias Wolff
Jayne Anne Phillips
Margot Livesey
Junot Diaz
George Saunders
CIVILWARLAND IN BAD DECLINE by George Saunders
DOGWALKER by Arthur Bradford
Andre Dubus
Andre Dubus III
Arielle Greenberg
Mary Caponegro
Cheryl Strayed
Salvador Plascencia
100 YEARS OF SOLITUDE by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
INFINITE JEST by David Foster Wallace
KIM AND JAMES DISCUSS:
Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
Slice Literary Conference
AWP Conference
Kevin Larimer
POETS & WRITERS MAGAZINE
Lithub
Black Lawrence Press
Vermont Studio Center