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How to Embrace the Important Elements of Life with Nickolas Butler


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Nickolas Butler is the author of many novels, including the internationally best-selling and prize-winning Shotgun Lovesongs, which has been optioned for film development and has been translated into ten languages. Nickolas is the recipient of many literary prizes and commendations and has published articles, reviews, short stories, and poetry in publications such as: Ploughshares, Narrative, and The New York Times Book Review, to name a few. 

Eric and Nickolas discuss a few of his novels as well as how we can learn to embrace the important elements of life.

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Nickolas Butler and I Discuss How to Embrace the Important Elements of Life and…

  • His novels, Godspeed and Shotgun Lovesongs
  • The fear and doubt he faces in his creative life
  • Comparing our lives to others
  • How we take for granted the basic things that previous generations worked hard for
  • His relationship with his father and grandfather
  • The differences in generations and what he hopes to teach his kids
  • Trying to find empathy and understanding with those you don’t agree with
  • The complexities of parent-child relationships 
  • Why he writes essays for his local newspaper
  • His idea of choosing a tree and practicing gratitude for that tree
  • How friendships are special and unique human relationships
  • Links:

    Nick’s Website

    Instagram

    Facebook

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