Larry Grobel on how he writes his short stories

Larry Grobel is a journalist, author and teacher. He has written more than 25 books including Conversations with Capote ( which received a PEN Special Achievement award) and The Art of the Interview ( which has been used as a text in many journalism schools), most of his books however are short story collections. His latest is called The Narcissist . Over the years he's written for dozens of publications including the New York Times, Rolling Stone, and Entertainment Weekly, but he's best known for his Playboy magazine interviews. Larry created the M.F.A. in Professional Writing for Antioch University and taught in the English Department at UCLA for ten years. We met via Zoom to talk about how he conceives of, and writes, his short stories.