I had decided to retire the literary Would You Rather series, but didn't want to stop interviews on the site all together. Instead, I've pulled together 40ish questions - some bookish, some silly - and have asked authors to limit themselves to answering only 10 of them. That way, it keeps the interviews fresh and connectable for all of us!
Today we are joined by Mark Doyon. Mark received a B.A. in English from the College of William & Mary and a master’s in arts management from the Shenandoah Conservatory. He wrote the short-story collection Bonneville Stories and edited the literary magazine Friction. His work has been featured in PopMatters, The Washington Post, The Daily Vault, Hybrid, Skope, The Absinthe Literary Review, 3AM Magazine, Hypebot, and Riffraf.
Describe your book poorly.
Food trucks in a parking lot vie for supremacy in a literal “hunger
games” scenario.
Summarize your book using only gifs or emojis.
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If you met your characters in real life, what would you say
to them?
I think I’d apologize for putting them through so much just
to tell a story. It’s a little manipulative when you think about it.
What is your favorite book from childhood?
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss. It’s all about
context. This finicky guy thinks there are absolutely no circumstances under
which he’d eat green eggs and ham, but he’s wrong.
What genres won’t you read?
Anything with zombies, vampires, werewolves, faeries,
sprites, leprechauns, or heroically narcissistic teens who have plans to save
the world.
What’s the single best line you’ve ever read?
"Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a
novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and
attacked a hot fudge sundae." -Kurt Vonnegut
What’s on your literary bucket list?
Visiting the home of Flannery O’Connor (Andalusia Farm in Milledgeville,
Georgia).
If you were stuck on a deserted island, what’s the one book
you wish you had with you?
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole.
Do you DNF books?
Sometimes. If a bad book tricks me into reading it, even if
my gullibility is to blame, I reserve the right to toss it.
Are you a book hoarder or a book unhauler?
Hoarder. It’s like a disease. I’ve always thought that once
ideas are printed and bound, they possess a power and sanctity that protect
them forever. A bit naive.
Americanized millennial Arjun Chatterjee is a
food-truck chef working in a parking lot outside the nation’s capital. He
dreams up multiethnic recipes and pursues a young woman toiling in a Kafkaesque
office nearby. Building a clientele, he faces life with a sly
optimism.
One day he idly asks the sky: “Why am I here?”
Deep Fried is a playful love story wrapped in creative freedom. Its
characters – chefs, musicians, and entrepreneurs – face a world of oversized
dreams and shaky prospects.
They try, fail, and fail better. Will it be enough?
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