T.C. Boyle, author of NO WAY HOME

About this episode

T.C. Boyle discusses his writing process and the themes in his work with hosts Barbara DeMarco-Barrett and Marrie Stone.

T. Coraghessan Boyle is the author of thirty books of fiction, including The Tortilla Curtain, Talk to Me, I Walk Between the Raindrops, and most recently, No Way Home. He received a Ph.D. degree in Nineteenth Century British Literature from the University of Iowa in 1977 and his M.F.A. from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1974. His work has been translated into more than two dozen foreign languages, including Lithuanian, Latvian, Farsi, and Vietnamese. His stories have appeared in most of the major American magazines, including The New Yorker, Harper's, and The Atlantic Monthly, and he has been the recipient of many literary awards, including the PEN/Faulkner and the PEN/Malamud. He lives with his family near Santa Barbara. T.C. Boyle joins Barbara to talk about what he needs to know before he begins writing, how he decides whether an idea fits the short story format or novel, theme, writing multiple point of view characters, concerns that find their way into his work, and more. For more information on Writers on Writing and to become a supporter, visit our Patreon page. For a one-time donation, visit Ko-fi. You can help out the show and indie bookstores by buying…

People in this episode

Hosts: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett, Marrie Stone

Guest: T. Coraghessan Boyle

Topics covered

• writing process
• short stories
• novels
• literary awards
• author interviews

Keywords

• T.C. Boyle
• No Way Home
• writing process
• short stories
• literary awards

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Iowa, The New Yorker, Harper's, The Atlantic Monthly, PEN/Faulkner, PEN/Malamud

Books & works: No Way Home, The Tortilla Curtain, Talk to Me, I Walk Between the Raindrops

Places: Santa Barbara

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