Sure, Sure, But Where's Your Blog?

T. Coraghessan Boyle talks to Claire Zulkey about what he learned at the Iowa workshop ("to spend less time at Gabe & Walker's Bar and more time at my typewriter"), his "desperate" hair style, and maintaining his own website, complete with message boards where he responds to fan mail: "[I]t does require work, but it is infinitely valuable to me because it puts me directly in touch with the readers. Whereas before no one would know I had a story out in a magazine, now the story is dissected and debated on tcboyle.com before I've even seen it." And, in proof of the joys of doing interviews via email, he corrects her spelling. (Thanks to Stephany, filling in for Maud, for finding this first.)