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Richard Alther If you ask someone how they hope to die, most people will . well, they ll look at you in fear, confusion and/or shock and probably scurry away. Those who stick around long enough to answer might say something like, In my sleep, blissfully unaware. That s the nirvana, Richard Alther said in an interview. Avoid death altogether. Indeed, slipping peacefully away into dreamland with no pain or suffering is typically considered the ideal way to depart this mortal coil. But Alther, an author, painter and competitive swimmer who lives in Ferrisburgh and Palm Springs, Calif., isn t convinced. In his latest book,
Richard Alther: How Literary Fiction Is Like a Rorschach Test
Novelist Richard Alther explains how his latest book, Bedside Matters, opened his eyes to the writer s evolving relationship with their work and the benefit of adding uncertainty to a plot.
Author:
Mar 11, 2021
Richard Alther was born and raised in suburban New Jersey. He graduated as an English major from Cornell University and pursued twin careers as a writer and painter. He is the author of five novels:
The Decade of Blind Dates (2008),
Siegfried Follies (2010), Bedside Matters (2021).
After several years in Manhattan, he moved to Vermont and earned his family’s living writing extensively about vegetable gardening and homesteading. His simultaneous career as an exhibiting painter included gallery representation and one-person shows in Montreal, London, Los Angeles, Boston, Dallas, and Florida.