JE: As I’ve mentioned before (see interviews with Chris Cleave and Andre Dubus Jr.), friend of the blog and creator of Author Magazine, Bill Kenower, shoots an excellent series of author interviews at Third Place Books in Seattle. Bill’s a novelist himself, and I think he does a great job getting other writers to open up on camera, which is a real talent. I should point out that not only is Bill providing us all with great content, but he’s building himself a hell of a platform, and an amazing network. Think of the potential blurbers he’ll be able to approach when his next book is ready. Every young writer needs to be paving these inroads if he/she wants to grow a successful career–trust me, it’s cold out there. And the best way to build a great network is by helping others (in Bill’s case, by providing them with great coverage). I know a lot of writers find the PR element of the job distasteful, and all I can say to them is that they’d better start acquiring a taste unless they wanna’ starve, or unless they’re Richard Ford. Yes, there’s something noble about starving, something poetic, but for me the novelty wore off right around my thirty-eight birthday. So, anyway, big ups to BK for conceiving this interview series on all levels.
Recently, Bill interviewed Jane Smiley regarding The Georges and the Jewels among other things, and BK has been so kind as to let us run the footage here at Three Guys. If you enjoy this interview, go to Author Mag and check out Bill’s archives—pretty amazing cross-section of interviews, covering all genres.
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