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(TOC below.) The third and final part of answering your questions.

Table of Contents
00:00:01 You invite 3 writers, living or dead, from 3 different continents. Whom do you choose?
00:00:36 How/when did you get into lit? How important is lit in education? What other arts are you into?
00:03:15 Are any classic works of literature frequently misunderstood?
00:05:12 What is your one, single desert island book?
00:06:32 How much should a writer's personal life affect the view of his/her work?
00:12:30 What's the best book you dislike, and the worst book you like?
00:13:13 How has fiction informed your own writing? What are you working on writingwise?
00:18:45 How has reading impacted your mental health?
00:21:15 William T. Vollmann, James Joyce, and Jack Kerouac are hosting a dinner in my honor. I can invite 10 guests (no family or friends). Who are the guests? What is the venue? What will we do?