I was lucky enough to have an informative and rewarding telephone conversation with the award-winning author Edward P. Jones. This is the final portion of that interview. In the first part of our conversation we learned about Jones’s life following his MFA and talked about his two short story collections, “Lost in the City” and [...]
Edward Jones stands for most everything I believe in when it comes to writers and writing. Purely an individual, he works how he works and does what he does. It may have taken him a few years to get where he is, but that should be a healthful and happy reminder to everyone out there [...]
In our last episode, we talked with author and teacher, Lewis Buzbee, about his MFA experiences and teaching. This time around, we talk with Lewis about his successful new book, “The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop,” about the art of being “well read,” and we decide, once and for all, whether or not there’s actually a novel inside [...]
