How Critically Acclaimed Literary Scholar Jonathan Gottschall Writes: Part Two

Mr. Gottschall is the author or editor of seven books, including The Storytelling Animal — a New York Times Editor’s Choice Selection and a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize — and most recently he published a fascinating book titled The Professor in the Cage: Why Men Fight and Why We Like to Watch.

 

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As a Distinguished Fellow at the English Department of Washington & Jefferson College his work lands at the intersection of science and art and is frequently covered in outlets like The New York Times, Scientific American, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and NPR.

For his latest book he personally climbed into the cage to research the world of mixed martial arts, violence, masculinity, and why society is attracted to violent spectacle.

Join us for this two-part interview. If you missed the first half you can find it here: How Critically Acclaimed Literary Scholar Jonathan Gottschall Writes: Part One

In Part Two of the file Jonathan Gottschall and I discuss:

• Why Creativity Is Not the Hard Part for Writers
• How Great Writing is Like Grasping for a Handful of Water
• How Our Memories Fool Us with Stories
• A Great Reminder that Writing is Work, Not Magic

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• JonathanGottschall.com
• Jonathan Gottschall’s Author Page on Amazon
  
• ‘When Writers Attack: On Boxing, Norman Mailer, and the art of Getting Hit’ by Jonathan Gottschall
• Jonathan Gottschall on Twitter
• Kelton Reid on Twitter

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