Art, Writing, and the Untellable: Douglas Messerli interviews Wendy Walker
One night in the fall of 1974, I sat down to do my daily writing stint, but I was having some pain, so I took what I found in the medicine cabinet–a pill for toothache. While I was putting down the first sentence I remember saying to myself, “If Kafka can start a story this way, so can I.” A couple of wonderful hours’ writing later, I realized I had the beginning of a book.
Independent publisher and writer Douglas Messerli speaks with writer and artist Wendy Walker about writing, reception, art, and their literary friendship.