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 29 - Hanya Yanagihara on Kids, Convention and the Queer Tradition
Episode 28 - Hanya Yanagihara: A Little Life - Part 2
Episode 27 - Hanya Yanagihara: A Little Life - Part 1
Episode 26 - Anna Smaill: Part 2
Episode 25 - Anna Smaill Part 1
Episode 24 - Hanya Yanagihara: The People in Trees - Part 3
Episode 23 - Hanya Yanagihara: The People in Trees - Part 2
Episode 22- Hanya Yanagihara: The People in Trees - Part 1
Episode 21 - Hanya Yanagihara 2014 on Book Groups
Episode 20 - Tom Drury Part 3
Episode 19 - Tom Drury on the Internet
Episode 18 - Tom Drury Part 2
Episode 17 - Tom Drury on Light
Episode 16 - Tom Drury Part 1
Episode 15 - Tom Drury on Music and Memory
Episode 14 - Amit Chaudhuri Part 2
Episode 13 - Amit Chaudhuri Part 1
Episode 12 - Brian Turner Part 4
Episode 11 - Brian Turner reads Ferris Wheel
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