John Edgar Wideman Interviewed on Texas Public Radio

John Edgar Wideman’s YOU MADE ME LOVE YOUR: SELECTED STORIES 1981-2018 was published earlier this month. Here’s a preview of the interview:

Asked about returning to reading his stories from the last 40 years…

What’s been most striking to me and most, I guess, invigorating to me is when someone picks out a story, usually that they like or sometimes maybe they don’t like so much, and speaks to me about it. And that forces me to go back in a very detailed way. Maybe even read the story again, or maybe I’ve heard the title of the story from them. And then I go read it. And then I talked to the person, but it’s the life that each piece ideally has in it. That’s most interesting to me, most compelling to me and a reason to read again and think again.

Find the full interview at this link: https://www.tpr.org/podcast/book-public/2021-05-14/you-made-me-love-you-john-edgar-widemans-masterful-storytelling-of-the-last-40-years-still-relevant-today