GUSTAF INTERVIEWS
this blog contains interviews with GUSTAF contributors. GUSTAF is a 'quarterly' print publication for short fiction, poetry, visual arts.
april 18, 2009 - interview with matthew savoca

do you feel more and more drawn towards writing?
not really

you never considered moving to norway?
i have probably considered it

what instruments do you play?
i play the piano but only the white keys, i don't understand the black ones, i play harmonica, i like to drum with my fingertips on wooden surfaces, i can play bird on a wire on the guitar

have you spent a good part of your writing life ‘getting even’?
not really

where do you live and why?
i live in italy kind of because i followed a girl here

when do you type/think/visualize ‘absurd’?
when i say ‘i live in italy kind of because i followed a girl here’

what is a good metaphor for ‘fiction’?
‘i saw in the light from the streetlamp that the rain had stopped‘

when do you type/think/visualize ‘hehe‘?
i think i use haha

can you name some important books, films, records?
through being cool by saves the day

what is your website like and what is the best/worst thing about it?
it is a blog that is white with black text and links to stuff that has something to do with me

what will happen with the music industry?
i don't know, i think it will stay the same maybe

what do most people type/think/visualize when they read your prose?
most people think, ‘there is no real voice,‘ ‘there are no crisp clean narrative sentences,‘ ‘there is too much wandering dialogue‘

when is the right time to read your stuff?
i don't know

what kind of education do you recommend?
i recommend a full classical education

what is a good metaphor for ‘hysterical realism‘?
‘there is no real voice, there are no crisp clean narrative sentences, there is too much wandering dialogue‘
do you have a job and what do you think about it and how did you get that job and for how long will you keep doing it and why?
i don't have a job

when is the right time to say ‘just kidding‘?
i think always or anytime you are worried about how what you just said might be interpreted or if you are reading the facial expressions of the people around you and they make you feel insecure, or if you are kidding

when is the right time to write a novel?
i don't know

when will we meet in concrete reality?
someday

when do you feel ‘lucky‘/‘creepy‘/‘infamous‘?
on the internet

how many times do you check your email inbox during a day?
if i have an internet connection, probably 10-15 times

what is you facial expression like when you find out that you have no unread items in your inbox?
it is blank i think, it doesn't change i think

what do you usually type in the subject line?
nothing or 'hi (name)' or something about lemon danishes

how old do you want to be?
8, 72, or middle aged

what is the best ‘mood‘ to be in?
alright




matthew savoca wrote + made a video for issue two of GUSTAF, he is the author of TOUGH! (2009), and he has a blog





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