#010: Andrew Kaufman - Author, Radio Producer.

<p><strong>Episode 10 Show Notes:</strong></p> <p>My guest today is <strong>Andrew Kaufman</strong>. He's the (magical realism) author of <em><strong>The Tiny Wife</strong></em> (one of the greatest novels ever written in my opinion), <em><strong>Born Weird</strong></em>, <em><strong>All My Friends Are Superheroes</strong></em>, <em><strong>Small Claims</strong></em>,<em> </em><em><strong>The Waterproof Bible</strong></em> and, most recently, <em><strong>The Ticking Heart</strong></em>.</p> <p>This is our second time of meeting. The first was just after publication of <em><strong>The Tiny Wife</strong></em> - you can read that <a href="https://spark.adobe.com/page/s9x6jmyTBnwJT/" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a> if you're of such a mind. In those short ten years (because it really does seem like yesterday) a lot of water has disappeared under the bridge. I think we cover most of it in this episode.</p> <p>Alongside of touching the important bases and talking about <em><strong>The Ticking Heart</strong></em> (available from all good <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ticking-Heart-Andrew-Kaufman/dp/1552453898" target="_blank">amazon</a> stores wherever you may be), we also manage to stuff the hour with chat about: magical realism, print culture, fanzines, analogue subculture, literary awards (and why they suck when as readers, we just want to be entertained), Richard Brautigan and why he loves <em>Watermelon Sugar</em> and I don't, divorce, the concept of hope and a whole lot of other jazz as it crawls across the table in front of us.</p> <p>You can find Mr Kaufman on twitter at: <a href="https://twitter.com/severalmoments" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/severalmoments</a></p> <p>•••</p> <p>Here’s the official stuff:</p> <p><strong>Starfish and Coffee</strong> is available on all podcast hosting platforms. It would help me out a lot if you were a subscriber wherever that may be and even more so by nudging even just one friend and their ears in that direction.</p> <p>My website is here: <a href="https: