LBC Podcast #2: Jeffrey Ford
Nominator: Gwenda Bond
Nominee: The Girl in the Glass, Jeffrey Ford
Subjects Discussed: On writing a book with "everything but the kitchen sink," baroque vs. simple language, the influence of Hammett, Glen David Gold's Carter Beats the Devil, Rex Stout, creative serendipity, eugenics, on "playing it safe" in light of the extraordinary research unearthed, the "literary" inspiration behind the character names, Rupert Thomson, auctorial voice, on being a student of John Gardner, confrontational vs. direct prose, Sturgeon's law, Harlan Ellison, on young writers drawing attention to themselves, Chuck Palahniuk, beleaguered college students, Dave Itzkoff's "reading list," the influence of the New York Times Books Review, The Girl in the Glass being pigeonholed as a young adult novel, reviewers overanalyzing the word "mawkish," and genre classification.
Backup Link: (MP3)
(A co-production of the LBC and The Bat Segundo Show.)
Excellent interview on both sides.
Posted by: Jason Erik Lundberg | May 05, 2006 at 07:14 PM