![]() ![]() ![]() But because he allows them to drive the stories in which they appear, rather than forcing them to live in neat narrative arcs, we can dislike them and still find them compelling. His most recent book, Dirty Love, is a collection of four linked stories.Īndre’s characters are flawed people: adulterers, bullies, addicts. At any moment he might yell, “Stop! What did that feel like?” He wanted us to understand that we were constantly missing opportunities to deepen our writing.Īndre is the author of three New York Times Bestsellers: two novels, House of Sand and Fog and The Garden of Last Days and a memoir, Townie. When students read their work out loud, Andre would look intently at the carpet, listening. He taught the first fiction workshop I took as an undergraduate at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. I’ve known Andre Dubus III for four years. “Townies” an interview with Andre Dubus III ![]()
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