Episode 016: Father, Son, Holy Rabbit by Stephen Graham Jones

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast.

Today, Kyle Muntz and I are speaking with the great Stephen Graham Jones about his short story Father, Son, Holy Rabbit, which first appeared in The Ones That Got Away. Stephen is the bestselling author of a whole slew of books. My personal favorite is Ledfeather but he’s likely best known for his bestselling and award winning Indian Lake Trilogy.

Many people recommended that we discuss this story specifically so I’m glad Stephen was willing to come and share his insight. Along with the story, we discuss genre distinctions, fatherhood, childhood, rabbit starving, Gordon Lish and Raymond Carver, writing as a process and act of discovery, story goals, and so on.

Stephen also mentioned Catherynne M Valente’s Planet Lion and Gene Wolfe’s Fish Story.

If you’d like to recommend a story for us to discuss, get in touch.

Music by Bart Larsen. Everything else done by me, I guess.

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