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I think of my office as my big batter’s eye. In my peripheral vision, when I’m sitting at my desk, from left to right and all the way in front of me, I like blank walls. And then I’ll put all of my research behind me. It’s kind of a crazy thing. I have stacks and stacks of research that I can’t see unless I turn around and grab it. That fools me into the fact that I there’s like tabula rasa, there’s a blank slate in front of me and all my research is behind me. And that’s when I can really do my writing.
Michael Finkel, Ep. 381
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By Brendan O’Meara
Michael Finkel (@MikeFinkel) is here to talk about his new book The Art Thief: A True Story of Passion, Obsession, and a Monumental Crime Spree (Knopf). You could say this is a story of passion and obsession. It’s quite good.
Michael is an accomplished journalist and best selling author of The Stranger in the Woods and True Story.
His work has appeared in Sports Illustrated, The New York Times Magazine, and National Geographic.
In this episode we talk about the importance of his 12-minute walk from his home to his office, the “batter’s eye” of his work space, and interviewing for scene and being unapologetic about the granularity of the questions. Among many other things. Michael really brought it.
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