6/30/2023 0 Comments Max porter griefHe previously spent seven years working for British publishing house Granta (with his last two years spent as Editorial Director), editing acclaimed novels such as Eleanor Catton’s The Luminaries, before throwing his hat in the ring with the astonishing 2015 debut Grief is the Thing with Feathers. Something that quickly becomes apparent in conversation with Porter is his restless creativity, and the variety of projects this creates. So perturbed is he with the constant fouling that he’s written a short piece for Radio 4 about the issue. As we cross the playing field that leads down towards the river, he warns me of the amount of dog shit that plagues the park, and how his three young sons routinely end up covered in it. We agree his contactless card probably wouldn’t survive the swim. He can even swim to his local and climb into the beer garden from the riverbank, although this does require an accomplice to be waiting for him with a pint of cider. In summer he frequently cuts through the park at the back of his house and wades into the River Avon, letting the current carry him downstream beneath the low hanging trees. This is the first thing I learn about him when we meet in Bath, where he lives with his wife and three sons, having moved out of south London four years ago.
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