Writer and essayist Steve Almond participated in an hour-long interview with Future Tense Books micro-publisher Kevin Sampsell while at this year's Tin House Summer Writers Workshop. Writers' Dojo has released the first two installments of what I assume (and hope) will be a six-part interview.
In part one Almond discusses his current role as an educator, how he's currently getting by, his brief stint as a "chew toy" to the Right, and what that brief political infamy ultimately cost him.
Part two gives us a glimpse of what Almond's been working on lately, his experiments with flash fiction, and the new form some of his advice on writing has taken.
Steve Almond's easily my favorite contemporary fiction writer. His pieces are often simultaneously hilarious and heartbreaking. His stuff was hugely influencal to my own (long-lost) style of fiction writing. If you're looking for a great collection of short stories, you can't go wrong with "My Life in Heavy Metal." His latest collection of essays and rants, "Not that You Asked," provide his own unique insight into a variety of topics, including Lobster Pad Thai, the downside of the Red Sox finally getting their shit straight, and (of course) his own painfully awkward adolescent sex life.
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