In part four of This Writing Life's conversation with Rick Bass, whose new book For a Little While (Pushkin) on 2017's Story Prize, we talk about his love of the short story, and why it is the most human of literary forms. We return to the relationship between Bass's environmentalism and his writing, before skipping off again onto nature writing and finally the difference between optimism and hope in Bass's conception of humankind. Buried somewhere in all this, Bass refuses to talk about his new novel. 'It's an old writer's taboo...'
The fifth and final part to follow next week.
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Episode 66 - Laura Lippman: Part 2
Episode 65 - Laura Lippman: Part 1
Episode 64 - Laura Lippman reads from Wilde Lake
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Episode 62 - Vendela Vida on the real and fictional Patti Smith(s)
Episode 61 - Vendela Vida: Part 4
Episode 60 - Vendela Vida Readng from The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty: Part 2
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Episode 56 - Vendela Vida: Part 1
Episode 55 - Vendela Vida: Reading from The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty
Episode 54 - David Gates: Part 5
Episode 53 - David Gates: Part 4
Episode 52 - David Gates: Part 3
Episode 51 - David Gates: Part 2
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