Man in the Gutter Interview - Tina

Man in the Gutter Interview - Tina

A perfect 10!

And she gives us a perfect 10 for accuracy too! Yes, next in our Man in the Gutter Interview series Tina recalls the final poem in A DEEP & GORGEOUS THIRST. There’s fireworks, swimming, Wes Anderson slow-mo, Tom Petty, and — I’m not too proud to say — love, and the hard-won redemption that comes with it.

Plus you get to hear her wonderful laugh.

Man in the Gutter Interview - Bastien

Man in the Gutter Interview - Bastien

I met Bastien in New Orleans in 1997. He was fresh off a days-long bus ride and he clearly needed some sleep. Instead, we went on a Bourbon Street bender — so, obviously, the friendship was forged in fire from the get-go!

He looks back on both a poem and the memory along the shores of Lake Geneva.