Bart Yates reading, Live From Prairie Lights, July 21, 2005

Yates, Bart

Englander, Julie

WSUI (Radio station : Iowa City, Iowa)
Prairie Lights (Iowa City, Iowa)

WSUI (Radio station : Iowa City, Iowa)

Bart Yates reads from his second novel entitled The Brothers Bishop. During a question and answer session, Yates describes his writing process as well as his subsequent decision to write the novel in first person. He points out that, while none of his characters are based on real people, virtually all of the settings in Yates’ novels are based on actual locations. Yates goes on do express his frustration with how books are marketed, especially his frustration with the segregation of works of “gay fiction” from general fiction. Yates points out that, although his books are about gay men, they are first and foremost about “people.” Yates again addresses his writing process, elaborating on his tendency to draft a loose outline of a story before beginning to “flesh out” a novel. He admits that, although he used to be a disciplined writer, he has lately begun to write with a more relaxed regimen.

Live From Prairie Lights was a live public radio program broadcast from Prairie Lights, an independent bookstore in Iowa City, Iowa. The program showcased new and established writers from around the world.

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