Scott's one of my best buds. Recently, we released his new novel Jack Waters on Broken River Books. I think that Scott is one of the only writers out there doing whatever the fuck he wants. He's everything I could ask for in an author and a friend: intelligent, insightful, talented. 

On this episode, we talk about: what makes a Broken River Book, the origins of Jack Waters, magical realism in Latin American writing, dictators that fixed countries, revolutions turning to fascism, Mulholland Drive, the compromise at the heart of America, Invictus, people who want power needing to be kept away from power, engaging with writers you dislike honestly, Takashi Miike, what i mean by “good” and “bad” writing, leaving imperfections in writing, Raging Bull, Heaven’s Gate, Southland Tales, preferring audacity over quality, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Zabriskie Point, colonial literature, things that bother me vs. things that are a problem, our current tendency to torture ourselves with the news, and climate change.

Follow Scott on Twitter: @ScottAdlerberg

Here's the article he wrote about Michael Kohlhaas by Heinrich von Kleist (mentioned in the podcast)

Buy Jack Waters here