![]() ![]() ![]() I met Washburn some years ago, at a writer’s conference, and we became swift friends. ![]() I want to walk away from every book I read feeling myself changed, so the books that have done that to me are the books that inspire me most. Kawai Strong Washburn’s stunning debut novel, Sharks in the Time of Saviors (FSG), navigates family, climate change, fatherhood, fate, mythology and magic, 'Told with daredevil lyricism to burn,' to quote Marlon James. Williams or Jericho Brown or Aracelis Girmay or Solamz Sharif and even the sort of canonized short stories that most people have heard of, like Flannery O' Connor's A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND or Denis Johnson's EMERGENCY. Kawai Strong Washburn Hi Kevin, thanks for the question! A wide range of literature inspired me, because there are so many types of writing I love: writing that's lyrical, i …more Hi Kevin, thanks for the question!Ī wide range of literature inspired me, because there are so many types of writing I love: writing that's lyrical, interior, and operates with a fractured plot and timeline like Paul Harding's TINKERS novels that combine elements of "family drama" with strong plot and heightened language, like Barbara Kingsolver's THE POISONWOOD BIBLE literature with a strong sense of place and community, like Jesmyn Ward's SALVAGE THE BONES epic graphic novels that prize deep characterization over shallow tropes, such as Frank Miller's THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, or Wendy Pini's ELFQUEST series contemporary and historical poetry, whether C.K. ![]()
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