In the third part of my conversation with Tom Drury, we rewind to his days studying creative writing with Robert Coover, 'a great teacher'.
----more---- After a discussion about realism and seriousness, Drury moves on to:
- his early short stories
- his attempt to write different novels
- 'The kind of sentences you want to make, it is not a static thing'
- David Hockney and Drury's interest in art
- the visual nature of Drury's prose
- time and breaking the fourth wall
- why Drury continues to write about Grouse County
- 'They are my repertory company'
- why he chooses not to write about Grouse County
- Drury's work in progress
- inspiration from folk tales, magic and Faust
- 'I have never written about Mephistopholes'
- the role of religion in Drury's life and work
- on death, 'the unknowable thing'
- Drury's 'mid-western paranormal noir'
- his own return to Iowa and the possible affect on his work
- on interviews and readings
For my interview with Tom in the Sunday Independent, click:
here.
