All About “Winkles” and Other Rumors
April 3, 2013 § 1 Comment
Author Blake Butler recently spread One Hundred Literary Rumors over on the Vice blog. Apparently, a few of our nonfiction brethren are a little wackier than we knew them to be. Or at least according to Butler:
— Though he can see fine, Michael Martone prefers to read braille.
— Steve Almond’s childhood nickname was “Winkles.”
— Cheryl Strayed suffered a three-week phase where she could eat nothing but chopped walnuts.
— Lorrie Moore won’t play Monopoly unless she can be both the banker and the iron.
Butler offers up lots of other juicy tidbits about our literary heroes and heroines, but there are many that he has missed. What (friendly, fictional) rumors do you think are missing about our prominent nonfiction brethren? Drop them below in the comments, if they aren’t too slanderous.
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