Robert Edric, author of The Devil’s Beat and The Mermaids (among many others)

 

 

Robert Edric is the author of twenty-two books, most recently The Devil’s Beat.  I had the pleasure of talking by phone with Mr. Edric on March 8, 2012.  Our conversation centered around Edric’s novella, The Mermaids, from PS Publishing.  (Special thanks to Peter Crowther from PS for arranging our interview.)

Here’s the first installment transcribed.  I will post more as time allows.

REBECCA KUDER

This spring, I’m teaching a creative writing course, and looking at a examples of well-written fiction and nonfiction, approaching reading as painters look at brushstrokes, to understand how the thing was made.  I’m assigning The Mermaids because I love it, because of its economy, and its unity of place and action.  I think it’s a great text to focus on.

ROBERT EDRIC

With regards to the actual writing itself, it was one of those books that actually got smaller and smaller and smaller. 

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reprinted with permission by Rebecca Kuder