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By: Kelly Spitzer » Blog Archive » An Interview with Tania Hershman, author of The White Road and Other Stories

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...] of talking about myself!” She then suggested a different approach to the interview based on Angela Meyer’s interview with Nam Le. I was definitely game. I’d never done a “word association” type interview [...

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By: LiteraryMinded

LiteraryMinded — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:15:38 +0000

I’m so happy with the responses I’ve been getting for this, here and in email/messages etc. Thanks!

Silly putty: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silly_Putty

Did anyone listen to the cicadas?

By: Paradoxical Cat

Paradoxical Cat — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:21:32 +0000

Brilliant, poetic interview. Thanks so much to you both.
I’m running out today to buy and read The Boat.

Not exactly sure what silly putty is though

Pamela x

By: Tania Hershman

Tania Hershman — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:10:03 +0000

What a stunning interview, as much for the creativity of the inspiring sentences as for the responses they garnered. It is so refreshing to read a different type of interaction with an author, one where they neither have to explain themselves nor delve into their childhoods, but are given the chance to talk about whatever they like and link to sites that they love and provide quotes that inspire them. Angela, this may be an unconventional approach to interviewing but I think it is one that should be widely adopted!

PS I particularly loved the full E M Forster quote, which I had never heard before. Thank you, Nam, for bringing that to us.