John Corey Whaley, the author of "Where Things Come Back" and "Noggin," talks about his strained relationship with fiction, his appreciation for Kurt Vonnegut, and how his experience growing up in a small Southern town inspired an award-winning novel and shaped his perspective as a writer.

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