Aug 15, 2017
The EDISTO Reissue Is Here, and Roy Blount, Jr. Has Something to Say About It
From the Foreword by Roy Blount, Jr.: “This is the funniest damn book, and so adroit, and so serious, so full of unforced heart.”
From the Foreword by Roy Blount, Jr.: “This is the funniest damn book, and so adroit, and so serious, so full of unforced heart.”
“The story had always been about two halves of a couple using each other to get what they want.”
“I like to think of the people I personally know placed in deep history.”
“I wrote almost euphorically, allowing my memories, my knowledge, and my imagination to meld endlessly, freely.”
“Writing can be a lonely endeavor, and it is wonderful to now be connected to these other emerging writers.”
“I wanted to write about the experience of my first language, about learning how to ask through hands before words.”
“A story comes to me like a match and I’ll write the first draft frantically until it burns out.”
“I was fascinated by the isolation of musher life, and the loneliness that often accompanies it.”
“I wanted to explore why someone would choose forgetting over remembering, and how it would affect those who loved them.”
James Kelman’s new novel is on sale today, and we have the perfect music to go along with it.
