Author | T.C. Boyle | The Creative Community with David Starkey

About this episode

T.C. Boyle discusses his life, writing, and new novel 'Blue Skies', focusing on themes of climate change and personal experiences with nature.

TC Boyle shares insights about his life and writing, focusing on his new novel, Blue Skies. He discusses themes like climate change and personal experiences with nature. Boyle highlights how the weather affects mood and the challenges of living in disaster-prone areas. He emphasizes literature's role in exploring existential issues and human-environment interactions, while also reflecting on his teaching and social media engagement. The Mission of TV Santa Barbara (TVSB) is to empower people to make media that matters. TVSB provides open access to media technology for companies and individuals who want to tell stories, share ideas, and create television shows, independent films, web videos, and documentaries. http://www.tvsb.tv

People in this episode

Host: David Starkey

Guest: T.C. Boyle

Topics covered

• climate change
• literature
• human-environment interaction
• writing
• teaching
• social media

Keywords

• T.C. Boyle
• Blue Skies
• climate change
• literature
• nature
• writing
• teaching

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TV Santa Barbara

Books & works: Blue Skies

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