Dubus

Andre Dubus III, acclaimed author of House of Sand and Fog, is the next guest on One to One with Bill Goodman. The program airs Sunday, March 22 at 1 p.m./noon CT on KET1 and Tuesday, March 24 at 7:30/6:30 p.m. CT on KET2.

Dubus, who did not attempt writing fiction until he was in his 20s, talks about odd jobs he held early in his writing career, including tending bar, working at a half way house for convicts and accompanying a bounty hunter on searches for offenders.

The author also discusses the genesis of the wildly popular House of Sand and Fog, which was inspired in part by a chance meeting with a man in an elevator, and the success of the novel, which was a National Book Award finalist, a selection for Oprah's Book Club and adapted into a movie starring Ben Kingsley and Jennifer Connelly.

Then, Dubus talks about his new novel, The Garden of Last Days, which focuses on a Florida stripper. The idea for the novel, he explains, came from newspaper reports that the 9/11 hijackers visited strip clubs. Dubus also discusses the unorthodox research he conducted for the book.

Finally, the author shares what he enjoys about writing and how he encourages aspiring writers.

One to One with Bill Goodman is a KET production, produced by Goodman and Cindy Asher. Following the broadcast, One to One is available for on-demand videostream viewing at www.ket.org/onetoone and podcasting at www.ket.org/rss.