Oblivion by Robin Hemley

Robin hemley is the author of 15 books of fiction and non fiction. He's here to talk about his new novel oblivion, which tells the story of a damned writer in search of posterity. Jack Nicholson: So let's start with the book's theme, or one of them. And i'll frame it this way, writing is a difficult, lonely business that makes most people miserable. It begs the question, why do they do it? Robin helmley: I have hanging over my writing desk two quotes, one from george orwell and a one from kofga,. They take slightly different tacks. Orwell says, all writers are vain, selfish and lazy; at