Ask the Author: Lark Benobi
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Lark Benobi
Oh gosh I was harsh about that book, so sorry, but also what a coincidence to hear from you bec was thinking of you so strongly last Monday when, for the first time in the history of bibliophilistines, we all liked the book! —and I wanted to tell you about that miracle. Paul Auster, City of Glass. We liked it so much that we’re reading the whole New York Trilogy in March. Since Chouette I’ve written two more novels and I’m happy about that. Now I am going to DM you with my email address so we can keep in touch. xxxooo
Lark Benobi
Chrissy, thanks for this recommendation, which I’ve just seen today! I will look forward to reading this book.
Lark Benobi
Hi Noah. Well I’m pretty thrilled to hear you’re excited to read The Book of Dog. It’s my favorite of all the books I’ve written, and there is a scene near the end that is what you might call the ‘boss fight’ if my book was a video game, and it is the most fun I’ve ever had writing anything.
The book’s title is a play on the books of the Bible, this book being the latest creation story, written by dogs.
The book’s title is a play on the books of the Bible, this book being the latest creation story, written by dogs.
Lark Benobi
Dear Bo,
Thanks for this lovely message!
Fiction is so mysterious, how it works, how it communicates. Thanks for letting me know.
lark/claire
Thanks for this lovely message!
Fiction is so mysterious, how it works, how it communicates. Thanks for letting me know.
lark/claire
Lark Benobi
Hi, Vivienne. Thanks for tracking me down over here on Goodreads. I'm an 'active listener' on instagram, and so if you tag me at @invielenfarben, I'm sure to see it and will respond! Thank you!
Lark Benobi
I didn’t see that! I agree with that take, though, Claire Oshetsky is a smart cookie
Lark Benobi
Vivienne, I'm so happy that you read The Book of Dog! That is my little love-child of a book, and it will always be my favorite, because I self-published it, and then the feedback I got from readers (mostly here on goodreads) gave me the courage to look for an agent for the next novel I wrote, which became Chouette.
It appears that I'm -not- done with shapeshifting and its fictional possibilities. My next novel in the queue (called Poor Deer, to be published Jan 2024) has a titular big mythic beast in it, who is also the manifestation of a human character in the novel.
After Poor Deer, the book I'm writing next is all about transmogrification, along with every other kind of trans-ness. My working title for this story is "Wander," but that's likely to change. It's never clear to me if any given story is going to work until I get to the end of a first draft, which I haven't done yet with Wander. Sometimes stories stall on me in the middle. But it's the story I'm most excited about telling at the moment.
I've heard writers aren't supposed to talk about their works in progress. Oh, well.
It appears that I'm -not- done with shapeshifting and its fictional possibilities. My next novel in the queue (called Poor Deer, to be published Jan 2024) has a titular big mythic beast in it, who is also the manifestation of a human character in the novel.
After Poor Deer, the book I'm writing next is all about transmogrification, along with every other kind of trans-ness. My working title for this story is "Wander," but that's likely to change. It's never clear to me if any given story is going to work until I get to the end of a first draft, which I haven't done yet with Wander. Sometimes stories stall on me in the middle. But it's the story I'm most excited about telling at the moment.
I've heard writers aren't supposed to talk about their works in progress. Oh, well.
Lark Benobi
Hi, Michael...I've sent a couple of emails...check your spam folder? I took my whole family to Japan when my kids were 12 and 8 and I've been back for work many times, over the years, but never longer than 3 months...some things are really different about the country since we were living/working there, but gosh, it hits me so hard, whenever I go back, all of the memories of that year.
Lark Benobi
Michael Salmon. I would dearly love to reminisce with you one day soon. I hope most of the years since have been good ones for you.
Lark Benobi
Dear François Dominique: Thank you for writing the magnificent ASEROË. It changed my thinking about what writing can do, and be. I'll look forward to keeping in touch.
Lark Benobi
'poingu' was my original name on goodreads and I still answer to it here and in some online havens. there is no rhyme or reason to this name--it came from a screen captcha in 2005.
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