Episode 52 - David Gates: Part 3
from This Writing Life Hosted by James Kidd
Part 3 of David Gates' conversation with This Writing Life starts with a discussion of 'story' - how Gates writes them and how people tell them (and how Gates writes about people telling them). ----more---- is Gates as self-destructive as his characters? 'I am now enacting a wild moment' Virginia Woolf's sly sense of humour Gates other literary obsessions: Barthelme, Wodehouse, Rex Stout (yes, Rex Stout) first person, third person - Gates and narrative 'Banishment': writing from a woman's point of view Gates' (former) shrink on self-portraits in his work 'I like existence. I don't really know what the alternative is' weather, winter and writing Part 4 (of 5) to follow.
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