Episode 20 - Tom Drury Part 3

In the third part of my conversation with Tom Drury, we rewind to his days studying creative writing with Robert Coover, 'a great teacher'.
 After a discussion about realism and seriousness, Drury moves on to: 

• his early short stories
• his attempt to write different novels
• 'The kind of sentences you want to make, it is not a static thing'
• David Hockney and Drury's interest in art 
• the visual nature of Drury's prose
• time and breaking the fourth wall
• why Drury continues to write about Grouse County
• 'They are my repertory company'
• why he chooses not to write about Grouse County
• Drury's work in progress
• inspiration from folk tales, magic and Faust
• 'I have never written about Mephistopholes'
• the role of religion in Drury's life and work
• on death, 'the unknowable thing'
• Drury's 'mid-western paranormal noir'
• his own return to Iowa and the possible affect on his work
• on interviews and readings

For my interview with Tom in the Sunday Independent, click: here.