Ander Monson

Interesting interview with Ander Monson at The Lit Pub.

I think that every artist feels isolated. There’s a reason why most of us who are drawn to making art are outsiders in one way or another. I suspect you have to engage in that kind of retreat from the world in order to see the thing from enough distance to want to talk about or iterate or engage with it in language or image. I find that even the sort of self-imposed isolation of several hours of silence, that is, me not talking, often starts to build up a tension in me that often leads to a burst of writing.

I would love to read more fiction from Monson one of these years. Other Electricities was great, and even nearly compelled me to vacation in Iron Country.