Michael
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T. Coraghessan Boyle:
After reading your latest story in the New Yorker, 'The End Is Only a Beginning', I can't help but feel it is a semi-autobiographical tale. In any case, do you feel like sometimes you need to 'get it all out on the page' in order to exorcise some lingering feelings that have not yet been addressed? I know it's that way for me. Hope this is not too personal a question. Thanks.
T. Coraghessan Boyle
I've mostly avoided autobiographical fiction, but some stories do cut a bit close, like "If the River Was Whiskey" and "Up Against the Wall." That said, the Riley stories are inventions but, as they are about a writer, some of my own experiences do creep in, largely as incident and background.
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Valarie Wolf
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T. Coraghessan Boyle:
I was curious as to your observations (if any) to changes in your neighborhood since Harry & Meghan invaded---I mean 'moved' into the area? I equate their presence to 'invasive carp' - fish that are causing their own brand of trouble by altering natural ecosystems.
Jim Manis
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T. Coraghessan Boyle:
I've been following your career for more than 30 years now, but I'd like to ask for your take on the current state of the short story, if you can add anything to what you said in the intro to the current "Best of …," which I read with a good deal of pleasure? Forty years ago, the late John Gardner told me he thought the genre was dead. I think you and others have proven him quite wrong?
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