Sunday, August 30, 2009

Chaon interviewed at the Millions

One of my favourite blogs has scored an interview with Dan Chaon and now a whole lot of things make sense.

' Around the time I was finishing You Remind Me of Me, I also happened to write a story for McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, edited by Michael Chabon. Chabon’s project was to combine so-called literary writing with pulp and genre storytelling elements, and I was very much inspired by what he had to say. I felt like the story I wrote, “The Bees,” was a breakthrough for me, and I learned a lot from writers like Karen Joy Fowler, Kelly Link, George Saunders, Arthur Phillips, Kevin Brockmeier—and many others—who were doing interesting work with genre-bending."

That's a hell of a group, folks, and no more Dan Chaon links for awhile I promise. But Await Your Reply really is that good.

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