When you decide you need a new first question for the first interview of your new mini-pod the day before said interview and you end up changing all of the questions to flow from that new first question and it gives your new mini-pod far more life than you had previously imagined.
Today marks two years to the day since the launch of my little effort at socialization / shaking the rust off the interview skills, THE SOCIALIZED RECLUSE: along the way, I’ve gotten to talk with a lot of cool, inspiring people whom I've long admired – I’m eternally grateful to ALL of you, guests and listeners, for taking the time to chat and to listen, to educate me, and to inspire me. Here’s to the next two years of socializations and conversations; all current episodes live here.
The Fall season of my SOCIALIZED RECLUSE pod has begun as the inimitable Maud Newton, author of the absolutely brilliant ANCESTOR TROUBLE: A RECKONING AND A RECONCILIATION, joined me to discuss the ins and the outs of writing ANCESTOR TROUBLE; of “making the line well”; of Aristotle at two in the morning; of freedom from and fealty to form in books and in blogs; of creative evolution; of taking the time to get to the truth – be it via NYT-lauded books or via seven-year paragraphs published to a website; and of freeing oneself from the creative and personal boulders we push up the hills before us. You can check out our complete conversation – and pertinent linkage to buy ANCESTOR TROUBLE – here.