Part four of Bill Clegg's This Writing Life podcast, begins with a discussion about paying attention to the workings of our own consciousness. After a critique of Alan Ball's Six Feet Under (Clegg's working out box set of choice) we moved to: ----more----
- death as existential wake-up call
- family, blame and redemption: Clegg's relationship with his father
- suffering, realism and writing: Clegg on Hanya Yanagihara's A Little Life
- addiction, control and trauma (and writing)
- does telling it slant help Clegg resolve his own problems?
- Clegg on Thomas Hardy
- regret in Did You Ever Have a Family?
- a tragedy told through its aftermath?
- the persistence of childhood embarrassment
The final part to follow.
