William Boyle is from Brooklyn, NY and currently lives in Oxford, MS. His first novel, Gravesend, is forthcoming from Broken River Books. His writing has appeared in The Rumpus, Salon, L.A. Review of Books, Hobart, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, and other magazines and journals.
William Boyle sits down his former teachers, novelist Tom Franklin and poet Beth Ann Fennelly, whose first co-authored novel, The Tilted World, is out this week from William Morrow. The three discuss story origins, historical research, and the dance of literary collaboration (and marriage).
William Boyle talks with Richard Lange about Lange’s new novel, his influences, and the problem with describing literature as “cinematic.”
Novelist Megan Abbott talks to William Boyle about David Lynch, girls’ locker rooms, haunting cheerleading message boards, and losing your sense of wonder forever.
