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Author:
David Shields
Publisher:
New York Review Books
Date:
April 12, 2022
David Shields decided to gather every interview he's ever given, going back nearly 40 years. If it was on the radio or TV or a podcast, he transcribed it. He wasn't sure what he was looking for, but he knew he wasn't interested in any of his own answers. The questions interested himâhe condensed and collated to form 22 chapters focused on such subjects as Process, Childhood, Failure, Capitalism, Suicide, and Comedy.
What The Reviewers Say
An amusing compilation of hundreds of short, random-seeming questions that come unaccompanied by answers.
The breadth of these queries speaks to the wide range of human activity, thought, and introspection on which Shields is expected to have particular insight. More often than not, the questions provide deeper insights into the interviewers’ pretensions.
[A] meandering collection of queries that go unanswered.
This book is a delightful and utterly Shields-ian work.
