Author Julie Gilbert Discusses the Writing of Her New Book ‘Giant Love’
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Since 2009, when his first novel Some Things That Meant the World to Me introduced his heart-rending, beat-driven, often surreal voice, Joshua Mohr has published nine books—two raw addiction memoirs ( Sirens and Model Citizen ) and seven idiosyncratic novels. The New York Times called his 2011 novel Damascus , set in a dive bar in San Francisco’s Mission district, “Beat-poet cool.” His 2023 novel Farsickness , about an Afghan war veteran whose inner voice begins to call him “home” to a castle in Scotland—the concept comes from the word Fernweh , meaning to be homesick for a place you’ve never been—was illustrated by his daughter Ava, who was nine at the time. Mohr’s new novel, Saint the Terrifying , is first of a trilogy that will be released within the year. Saint launches tonight at Litquake in San Francisco, with Slummy, Saint’s punk-rock band, performing tracks from their limited edition blue vinyl album. “Yeah, the record label is releasing vinyl with the first book,” Mohr says. It’s on all the digital platforms, too, of course, but the vinyl is what I’m most excited about. Writing Saint’s music was so much fun. Truthfully, Jane, I never expected anybody but me to hear the music! I only wrote the songs as a form of character exploration: I needed to know what Saint’s band, Slummy, sounded like. I captured his sound, his riffs, and his lyrics to really feel the demented whimsy in his soul. Then when I told my editor Chris Heiser about the music, he was the one who got the ball rolling for the record, masterminded by Rare Bird’s Tyson Cornell. My best friend in Seattle is Josh Evans, a music producer, he did all those cool Thunderpussy records and Pearl Jam’s Gigaton. He came down to LA for the session, and Jessamyn Violet’s super rad band called Movie Club, with lead guitarist Vince Cuneo, pretended to be the rest of Slummy. So we are Saint’s real band, and our fake one. How’s that for a mind-fuck? Our email conversations over the weeks linked my locations in New […]
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Julie Gilbert Today, we delve into the enduring relevance of the themes explored by Pulitzer Prize -winning author Edna Ferber
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