“Some of the friends on whom characters in this novel were based read the book and knew that they might find themselves – or pieces of themselves – distilled in, shall we say, compromising positions? It’s a little weird in that there won’t be such great distance between my life in Taos and the fictional representations of my life in Taos.”
Among the characters in your latest book, who’s your favorite? Could you please describe him/her?
D.J., real name: Dahlia-Jane Reese. She’s magnetic, mercurial, amorphous, charitable, and gravity-endowed. She is difficult to pin down in her rapid shifts from innocently childlike to sage-ancient to foxy-cunning. She keeps you on your toes, the kind of girl that implicitly demands a novel be written about her, or a song, or an entire album of songs. She is also quite haunted (from a childhood trauma) which amps up the intrigue factor. For Alex. For me. For whomever decides to follow her down the rabbit-hole.
An original radio play by John Biscello. Existential burlesque in which layers are peeled and the past/present/future converge in the name of love everlasting. Listen here: Nursery Bones