“I do share with Ballard and other dystopian writers an interest in world-making, in the arbitrariness of what constitutes reality. I’m drawn, for this reason, to write about suburbs and amusement parks, the sham worlds we re-create for pleasure or status or profit. From a certain standpoint a mock-Corinthian column is a more potent signifier than the genuine artifact.”

 

An excerpt from my interview with The Malahat Review about “Palace of the Brine”. Read the full interview here