Pat Walsh Interview on Powell’s
While we’re talking about Powell’s… the bookstore posted an interview with Slushpile favorite Pat Walsh. Longtime readers of Slushpile know my reverance and gratitude for Walsh’s book, (except the title which drives me batty typing it) 78 Reasons Why Your Book May Never Be Published and 14 Reasons Why It Just Might. In the Powell’s…
continue readingInteresting Interview with Max Barry
Great Writing has a cool interview with Max Barry posted. Barry is the author of Syrup, Jennifer Government, and the forthcoming Company. Check out the interview here.
continue readingInterview: Shannon Ravenel, Editor
One day in the fall of 2004, I sent out four communications to different editors. Here’s what happened: –I mailed query letters and writing samples to the editor of a Midwestern university press and an editor at a university press on the west coast. In both cases, I followed the submission guidelines exactly and included…
continue readingInterview: George Saunders, Author
One of my favorite literary experiences was sitting in Off Square Books, as the darkness settled outside, and hearing George Saunders read Offloading for Mrs. Schwartz. I hadn’t read his collection, CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, yet but everyone else raved about it and after the reading, I knew why. This story is undoubtedly one of…
continue readingInterview: Kaui Hart Hemmings, Author
One of the problems with reading so much is, simply, that you read so much. It’s easy to fall into a rhythm where nothing is exciting, where the books you finish is kind of like munching on saltine crackers, no real taste exactly, no real excitement, just swallow it, take a sip of water, and…
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