interview with Tsiolkas at LiteraryMinded gives the lay of the land

'Richard Ford reminds me to look around at my world anew, to take nothing for granted. He is the best antidote for this false culture of celebrity and excessive materialism that I know.'
Christos Tsiolkas spoke to Angela Meyer at LiteraryMinded last week. It's a terrific interview so do set aside half an hour and read it.

The interest in Ford is quite significant, when one thinks about it - Ford is also quite happy to let his own racism be queried, to leave nothing uncovered in the quest to understand modern life. It is not a connection I would have made on my own, so a fascinating one to unearth in such a discussion, and thanks are due to Angela for getting this down. Great stuff.