Episode 53 - David Gates: Part 4
from This Writing Life Hosted by James Kidd
In the fourth and penultimate part of our podcast with David Gates, we set out by talking about money - how to earn it, keep writing, earn money from writing. ----more----Gates recalls his 29 years at Newsweek before shifting to: how long he can write at any one stretch being a relatively late-starter 'There is something quaint and old-fashioned about being a writer' Desolation Row - music vs literature literary critical ambitions: dissertations and elaborate theories Ann Beattie - marriage and inspiration 'I was astonished that she was making literature out of lives like ours...It never occurred to me' working off influence: 'I cannot be Beckett...How can I be me?' Barthelme, Pynchon - postmodernism? Gates and music: 'I can see why you would devote your life to that if you could have that hour of absolutely transcendent beauty' Gates and religion: 'I am so glad you asked about that...' Gates, romance, divorce: 'Do we have trouble with intimacy? Did I sit around thinking too much?' characters and temporariness. The fifth and final part to follow.
Embed this episode
No transcript yet.