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Douglas Stuart on 'Shuggie Bain'

Louisiana Literature

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The Secret Life of a Writer

When you were working at Calvin Klein, you worked from eight A to eight A mid till nine or 10 or 12 in the evening. Sometimes I wrote on the subway. They used to send me often two factories in the Far East. And that was 16 hours where no one could reach you. That was like a rigorous retreat. You've given up on the textiles. And you now are a full-time writer. Yeah. My next novel publishes Next April in English.

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