A Conversation With Walter Mosley
Now What? With Carole Zimmer
English - October 31, 2023 23:21 - 46 minutes - 64.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 59 ratingsPersonal Journals Society & Culture Arts decisions transition carolezimmer inspiration journalist reporter Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
When it comes to the word prolific, Walter Mosley fits right in. He’s written about 60 books. His latest is the sci-fi novella Touched. Mosley’s first work of crime fiction, Devil in a Blue Dress, features the character of a black private detective named Easy Rawlins who lives in the Watts neighborhood of LA. It was made into a film starring Denzel Washington. Mosley was also brought up in LA with a Jewish mother and an African American father. Growing up as an only child, Mosley has said his writing imagination might come from an emptiness in his childhood that he filled up with fantasies. It's a question we explore in this episode of “Now What?” which is produced with the help of Steve Zimmer, Lucy Little and Patrick McAndrew. Audio production is by Nick Ciavatta.