Category Archives: BULL Interview

George Singleton

{Apr 8, 2019}

One time I had a woman say to me, “Don’t you just love Nicholas Sparks?” I said, “He might be one of the worst writers in the English language.” She said, “But he’s a millionaire!” I said, “People in America spend a lot more money on baloney than they do filet mignon. That doesn’t make baloney good for them.”… more

Hosho McCreesh

BULL Interview by Benjamin Drevlow

{Jan 28, 2019}

I knew he had to be challenging. I knew he had to be his own biggest problem. I knew he had to be the hero and the villain of his life… I just didn’t know why. I knew I wanted to write a book about America, but I knew I didn’t want to write a sermon from a pulpit.… more

Brian Alan Ellis

BULL Interview by Benjamin Drevlow

{Dec 17, 2018}

I want to matter. I want to make a name for myself. I want revenge on people who have abandoned/rejected me in the past. I want to be a big shot, like someone I look up to or have looked up to. I want to transcend my reality of just being another nameless, faceless person who gets up and just goes to work.… more

Tom Pitts

BULL Interview by Frank Reardon

{Nov 8, 2018}

Throw out everything you know about crime fiction. Tom Pitts, author of Hustle and American Static, returns with a plot stickier than an ounce of Humboldt County’s finest. 101 is typical Tom Pitts, the kind of novel that proves he’ll forever and ever have followers, trailing behind him begging for one more hit. —Eryk Pruitt, author of What We Reckon… more

Do It With Grace: An Interview with Portugal. The Man

BULL Interview by Ryan W. Bradley

{Oct 1, 2018}

Since 2006, Portugal. The Man has been making fearlessly evolving rock and roll. Each of their eight studio albums have shown passion, experimentation, and growth in equal measure. The four year gap between 2013’s Evil Friends and 2017’s breakout, Woodstock saw the band record a massive amount of material before scrapping an album they had… more

Darrin Doyle

BULL Interview by Benjamin Drevlow

{Sep 3, 2018}

If anything can humble a person, it’s the process of trying to “make it” as an artist; to devote your life to creating a thing that has no tangible, measurable purpose in our particular culture.… more

Kali VanBaale

BULL Interview

{Jun 28, 2018}

“Never, ever, underestimate perseverance.”… more

Joe Clifford

BULL Interview by Frank Reardon

{Jun 4, 2018}

As a writer, you don’t set out to write anything other than that most kick-ass, amazing book you can. So it, of course, stands to reason that, after busting your balls, bleeding out your heart, spilling your soul on the page, having someone say, “This isn’t right for us” is going to hurt. … more

Frank Reardon

BULL Interview by Benjamin Drevlow

{Apr 4, 2018}

Let’s not mince words here. Frank Reardon makes his living as a butcher in Minot, North Dakota. Let’s just imagine for a moment the type of stories a butcher in Minot, North Dakota might tell. Now imagine a guy with the hard-earned writing chops of a Charles Bukowski or Larry Brown. Frank Reardon has published… more

Troy James Weaver

BULL Interview by Benjamin Drevlow

{Feb 26, 2018}

I’ll let you all in on a little secret: for the past four years, Troy James Weaver has been quietly churning out some of the best books out there. Period. In 2015, there was Witchita Stories (Future Tense Books) and Visions (Broken River Books). In 2016, there was Marigold (King Shot Press). And now this… more

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