Episode 440: Ten Minutes with Terry Bisson

Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times.

Gary joins Hugo and Nebula-winning author Terry Bisson to talk about historical fiction, R.A. Lafferty’s most important novel, James Salter, reading Shakespeare’s history plays, the Globe Theater, Cecelia Holland, The Blair Witch Project, Terry’s own classic short stories "Bears Discover Fire" and "They’re Made of Meat," and his brilliant but overlooked novel of the 1960s, Any Day Now.

Books mentioned include:

• Any Day Now by Terry Bisson
• The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel
• Okla Hannali by R.A. Lafferty
• Last Night: Stories by James Salter