The final part of This Writing Life's conversation with Rick Bass, award winning writer and respected environmental activist, begins where the last podlet ended. 'Obey little, resist much.' From there, we consider time and how art can help breed a sense of empathy. Bass bashes the de-humanising effects of corporate existence, the apathy and 'altered truths' that make up contemporary life. The pod ends with more Trump, some lighter discussion of Bass's writing day, his family, and finally - with one eye on the audio-audience, so to speak - some chat about Montana.
For a little more about Bass' superb collection For a Little While, visit.
You can listen to Rick read The Hermit's Story here.
Thank you for listening.
Episode 130 - Neel Mukherjee: Part 1
Episode 129 - Meena Kandasamy: Part 4 (Writing Life Revisited)
Episode 128 - Meena Kandasamy: Part 3 (Writing Life Revisited)
Episode 127 - Meena Kandasamy: Part 2 (This Writing Life Revisited)
Episode 126 - Meena Kandasamy reads from The Gipsy Goddess
Episode 125 - Meena Kandasamy: Part 1 (This Writing Life Revisited)
Episode 123 - Rick Bass: How do we protest Donald Trump, Scott Pruitt and the rest?
Episode 122 - Rick Bass: Part 4 - For a Little While
Episode 121 - Rick Bass: are you optimisitic about human nature?
Episode 120 - Rick Bass: Part 3 - For a Little While
Episode 119 - Rick Bass on his collection For a Little While (and getting lost in writing)
Episode 118 - Rick Bass: Part 2 - For a Little While
Episode 117 - Rick Bass: Part 1 - For a Little While
Episode 116 - Gary Younge: Part 4
Episode 115 - Gary Younge: Part 3
Episode 114 - Gary Younge: Part 2
Episode 113 - Gary Younge: Part 1
Episode 112 - Kevin Sullivan: Part 5
Episode 111 - Kevin Sullivan: Part 4
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