{"id":17,"date":"2005-10-19T06:47:34","date_gmt":"2005-10-19T11:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/?p=17"},"modified":"2010-12-04T17:10:17","modified_gmt":"2010-12-04T22:10:17","slug":"the-bat-segundo-show-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/the-bat-segundo-show-10\/","title":{"rendered":"T.C. Boyle (BSS #10)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo10.mp3\"><img src='http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/wp-content\/segundo10.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Author:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcboyle.com\">T.C. Boyle<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Condition of Mr. Segundo:<\/b>  Terse, conserving energies for a drink.<\/p>\n<p><b>Subjects Discussed:<\/b> Boyle as one of the original bloggaz, how Boyle arranges his short stories for his collections, John Cheever, how Boyle got into the <i>New Yorker<\/i>, the current state of the short story market, the future of literature, country music, historical fiction vs. contemporary fiction, the comparisons between &#8220;The Doubtfulness of Water&#8221; and <i>Water Music<\/i>, Boyle&#8217;s working methods and the &#8220;continuous first draft,&#8221; the frequency of watering holes in Boyle&#8217;s stories, community at T.C. Boyle websites, details on <i>Talk Talk<\/i>, the influence of history upon fiction, how <i>The Human Fly<\/i> came to be, political subtext, <i>The Bonehunters&#8217; Revenge<\/i> by David Rains Wallace, observing people and balancing time, the ethics of creating characters based on people, on being prolific, the T.C. Boyle website, the media perception of literature, the <i>New York Times Book Review<\/i> (Chip McGrath vs. Sam Tanenhaus), the influence of book reviews on writing, reevaluating writers generations later, <i>The Inner Circle<\/i> vs. Bill Condon&#8217;s <i>Kinsey<\/i>, Boyle&#8217;s &#8220;continuous first draft&#8221; before computers, technology&#8217;s influence upon culture and writing, the spoken and visual dimensions of fiction, on being a &#8220;nutball perfectionist,&#8221; and the joys of the word &#8220;ventricose.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5959\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-17-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo10.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo10.mp3\">http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo10.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Listen: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo10.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/?powerpress_pinw=17-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo10.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"segundo10.mp3\">Download<\/a> (23.3MB)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: T.C. Boyle Condition of Mr. Segundo: Terse, conserving energies for a drink. 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