Smoking With Larry Fondation

Is there a reading of this story that has the title “Heroine Girl”?

Yes, definitely. I was only hoping it wouldn’t be too obvious, or cliched, or taken too much as a pun. Rather to imply that all things are black and white, not black or white. Outcasts have always been good to me. (Though I do confess to always loving that particular homophone: heroin/heroine.)...

Hobart: An Interview with Larry Fondation

In "Don't Walk" of Unintended Consequences, you sum up a vehicular manslaughter and subsequent suicide in 153 words. How do you come up with these scenes? What inspires them?

Urban life seems to me to be marked by a multitude of occurrences, of discontinuous incidents and syncopated rhythms. Traditional narrative arc works well for certain kinds of portrayals. But not necessarily for the jumble of urban living, especially living on or close to the streets...