Auster, Paul: 1947 - 2024
Information by Paul Auster
- Q&A with Paul Auster - mainly about "Timbuktu"
- Interview by Dan Epstein. 3 AM Magazine, 2001.
- Smoke: a short story by Paul Auster.
- Paul Auster’s Writing Routine: “It doesn’t come easy. But the difficulty is part of the pleasure.”
- The right to own a gun in the US is seen as a kind of holy grail: “The first British settlers in North America armed themselves and made sure they were the first to attack – and our attachment to guns began right there.” The Guardian; January 15, 2023
- Audio (2:31)
Paul Auster recalls one of the things he loves about New York: the mass transit system. NPR Radio; November 11, 2001 - The Meanness of New York: referring to the tragic death of Eric Garner, who died on July 17, 2014 after being choked to death by a policeman in Staten Island, New York.
- Audio (12:41)
Paul Auster and Salman Rushdie reflect on how Sept. 11 forced a reimagination of the shape of the world. NPR Radio; September 8, 2002 - Interview: How I Became a Writer
- Podcast
Paul Auster discusses the influence of Kafka and Beckett on his work.