Usually author interviews
are done with the idea of civility and respect. The same old questions can always be found in
nearly every interview. Then there is this book and how Lauren Baratz-Logsted (LBL)
does them. The Disrespectful Interviewer: Thirteen Interviews with Authors
features interviews with a sarcastic tone along with plenty of references to
the afternoon soap General Hospital.
The lineup subjected to both
praise and ridicule is: Jon Clinch, A.S. King, Chris Cleave, Tish Cohen, Greg
Logsted (her husband), Kristy Kiernan, Lynn Price, Joseph Finder, Lisa McMann, Lev
Raphael, Adriana Trigiani, J. A. Konrath, and the interviewer herself, Lauren
Baratz-Logsted. As noted in the introduction, the point of these interviews is
to do things different than the standard and often boring interviews that exist
everywhere. The 13 interviews in this
book ran between November 2009 and October 2010 as LBL’s regular column feature
on BiblioBuffet. While the literary e-zine is no more, the interviews live on
here.
Along with the usual mention
of books they have done, the authors involved clearly enjoy the process and give
just as good as they get. This give and take results in the occasional reader
snicker. Even if some of the authors here are familiar to you, these interviews
will show a different side to them than you have ever seen before. Books are
the main focus as well as General Hospital for LBL, but negative and/or bad reviews
also play a major role here. Along with finding out about some backstory on
these 13 authors you will also find some more books to read in The
Disrespectful Interviewer: Thirteen Interviews with Authors.
The Disrespectful Interviewer: Thirteen Interviews with Authors
Lauren Baratz-Logsted
Hat City Press
March 2013
ASIN: B00BZU8DDU
E-Book
$2.99
Material supplied by the author in
exchange for my objective review.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2013
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