NYC / WV — Scott McClanahan (b. 1978) is the author of eight books: Stories (2008), Stories II (2009), Stories V! (2011), The Collected Works of Scott McClanahan Vol. 1 (2012), Crapalachia (2013, Two Dollar Radio), Hill William (2013, Tyrant Books), The Incantations of Daniel Johnston (2016, Two Dollar Radio), and The Sarah Book (2017, Tyrant Books), which NPR called "brave, triumphant and beautiful." It is. They also said "it reads like a fever dream, and it feels like a miracle." It fkn does.
Sarah Book excerpt (2017)
Very grateful to Scott for a taking a sec to riff one time.
Sarah Book excerpt (2017)
Very grateful to Scott for a taking a sec to riff one time.
Listen on iTunes / 1 hr 5 min / July 31
CONTENTS
2 min - Lutz reading / Ralph Stanley
4 min - sports
6 min - the Sarah book
8 min - Scott’s current project
12 min - intergenerational writing Javier Cercas
15 min - writing about writing / orality
17 min - on secrets
19 min - Percy Shelley the person
23 min - emotionality comes from multiplicity / turns
26 min - biographical writing / Murial Spark
29 min - Fredrick the Great
31 min - Natsume Sosuke
32 min - Pink / dog stuff
34 min - Mr. King
37 min - Knausgaard
40 min - ‘writers are either killers or non-killers’
42 min - ‘ethics’
45 min - Sarah book’s structure
54 min - tryna be a Walking Book
57 min - Scott’s writing room / Wand shit
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