Ask the Author: Philip Caputo
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Philip Caputo
Sorry for taking so long to answer. Somehow, I missed spotting your question. My dual hometowns do affect my writing to an extent. For example, my 2009 novel, "Crossers," takes place in southern Arizona and in Sonora. So does my later novel, "Some Rise By Sin." A novella I wrote, "Standing In" is part of a collection titled "Exiles," and its setting is Connecticut. Were I to choose one hometown, it would be Patagonia, Arizona, partly because I love its small-town sense of community, partly because I love even more the landscapes, culture, and atmosphere of the Southwest.
Philip Caputo
Yes, it has. I'm no longer confident that it is holding together.
Philip Caputo
No, I haven't considered it. Thank you, and glad your Dad enjoyed reading it.
Philip Caputo
Paris and Helen of Troy, because their affair launched the Trojan War, and hence, western literature with the writing of the Iliad.
Philip Caputo
If you want to become a writer, you won't; if you must become one, you will. It's not a profession, it's a calling.
Philip Caputo
A novel, set in contemporary Mexico, about an American missionary priest who seeks to deliver his parish from the grip of a drug cartel, and enters into an alliance with an army officer and a federal policeman who persuade him to violate the seal of the confessional.
Also a collection of short stories entitled "Hunters Moons."
Also a collection of short stories entitled "Hunters Moons."
Philip Caputo
I don't wait for inspiration because it could be a very long wait. I try to write every day for at least a few hours, as if writing were a job -- which in a way it is. Self-discipline and perseverance are key.
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