In this episode, Mick talks about his published works. He also touches on larger questions for writers—for example, how much of ourselves do we put in our fiction? How do we make characters ring true? And how do we trust our instincts to know when we are ready to tell our story? DailyGood.org wrote of Mick: "His work is compelling, candid, and cuts straight to the heart of what it means to be human, what it means to experience love, loss, limitation, and transcendence."
Mick Cochrane is a teller of stories. He writes novels, short stories, essays, and poetry which have appeared in literary magazines such as The Sun, Kansas Quarterly, and The Cincinnati Review. He has written 4 novels and is Professor of English at Canisius College in Buffalo NY.
His first book Flesh Wounds, published by Doubleday, was a finalist in Barnes & Noble Discover Great Writers Competition. His second novel, Sport, published by Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s and was selected for the annual New York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age List.
The Girl Who Threw Butterflies and Fitz are books for young adults. He’s also published critical essays on Raymond Carver, Bob Dylan, baseball literature, and the art of biography, and he’s received grants from the Saltonstall Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Mick talks about the process of writing that touches on larger questions like how much of ourselves do we put into our fiction? At the heart of this discussion is the power of centering oneself with clarity and intent of why I need to write my book and know who it’s for.
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