October 2nd, 2009 / 1:55 pm
Author Spotlight

October Hobart

barry-190The new Hobart is up today, and it includes some fantastic pieces of fiction. But, as my gig over there is as interviews editor, I thought I might point to the two fine interviews available.

Amy Minton—one of my go-to interviewers—talks to Molly Gaudry about her novella We Take Me Apart.

But my ultimate white whale is Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children — not because I can’t get through it, but because it’s so incredible (I had to read it for a postmodernism course, a course on diasporic traditions, a contemporary fiction course, the list goes on). That book, I feel, is so important, necessary. I want to do that, but in a different way.

Also, I had a short conversation with Patrick DeWitt about his amazing, amazing novel Ablutions. If you haven’t read Ablutions, do so very soon.

16 Comments

  1. jensen

      Hey thanks for putting a link up, Matthew. I’m only just getting to the interviews now and they are great. I’m really pleased with this issue (I mean, I always am, but now especially).

  2. jensen

      Hey thanks for putting a link up, Matthew. I’m only just getting to the interviews now and they are great. I’m really pleased with this issue (I mean, I always am, but now especially).

  3. Richard

      Very excited to read this, as always, with Hobart.

  4. Richard

      Very excited to read this, as always, with Hobart.

  5. alec niedenthal

      thanks for these links. really excited to read ablutions.

  6. alec niedenthal

      thanks for these links. really excited to read ablutions.

  7. MoGa

      I am sooooo looking forward to reading the whole issue! :)

  8. MoGa

      I am sooooo looking forward to reading the whole issue! :)

  9. Michael Schaub

      I can’t wait to read “We Take Me Apart.”

  10. Michael Schaub

      I can’t wait to read “We Take Me Apart.”

  11. KevinS

      DeWitt is awesome.

  12. KevinS

      DeWitt is awesome.

  13. stu

      I detest novels written in 2nd person. “You are, you are…” Don’t tell me what I’m doing.

  14. stu

      I detest novels written in 2nd person. “You are, you are…” Don’t tell me what I’m doing.

  15. Tony O'Neill

      Ablutions is a fucking great book. I cant recommend it highly enough – thanks for the interview, good stuff.

  16. Tony O'Neill

      Ablutions is a fucking great book. I cant recommend it highly enough – thanks for the interview, good stuff.