Rippling Pages: Interviews with Writers

Jeff Chon and Hashtag Good Guy with a Gun

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"The thing I learned last year is that the product is sometimes the problem"


Jeff Chon joins me to discuss his novel, Hashtag Good Guy with a Gun, published by the exciting Sagging Meniscus press (buy here)

Please be advised we recorded this conversation earlier this year and discuss issues of a sensitive nature with some instances of strong language





Rippling Pages:

  • Good guys and bad guys: a troubling distinction
  • What's it like writing about people we really do not like?

    • Reference Points


    Books
    Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger 
    Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess

    Films
    Death wish (1974: Michael Winner; 2018 remake starring Bruce Willis and directed by Eli Roth
    Falling Down (1993: Joel Schumacher)
    Fight Club (1999: David Fincher)
    Taxi Driver (1976: Martin Scorsese)

    Superheroes
    Superman

    Essays

    Alex Diggins on Hashtag Good Guy with a Gun for 3:AM Magazine

     

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