Lee Gutkind (@LeeGutkind) has returned to the show after a long, long time, this time to talk about his wonderful new book My Last Eight Thousand Days: An American Male in His Seventies (University of Georgia Press).
We talk about a lot of stuff, like voice. Lee says:
And as I look at it on the keyboard and read it, I also hear it in my mind. And I know pretty well, almost immediately if this sounds like me. Does it sound like me?
You know him as the author or editor of myriad books and as the founder of the magazine Creative Nonfiction.
This conversation we talk about voice (and how he still struggles with it), starting his day, the eternal “rope test,” magical moments, and the optimistic days ahead.
Thanks, as always, goes to Wudan Yan and Jenni Gritters of The Writers’ Co-op Podcast for the promotional support.
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