A post by Peter Jordens.
In the wake of his winning the Man Booker Prize, Marlon James has sat down for a number of very interesting interviews. Here’s a sampling of the best.
In Conversation with Marlon James
On ‘Commonwealth Writers’, 2015 Man Booker prize winner, Marlon James, discusses writing ‘The Great Jamaican Novel’, writing from the Caribbean and why he had to leave Jamaica.
http://www.commonwealthwriters.org/in-conversation-with-marlon-james
Interview with Marlon James
Radio New Zealand, December 6, 2015
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/sunday/audio/201781676/marlon-james
Jamaica, Gangs, Guns, and Black Hobbits: A Talk with Booker Prize Winner Marlon James
Jamaican filmmaker Storm Saulter and recent Booker Prize winner Marlon James talk about success, black Hobbits, gangs, guns, and Marlon being an openly gay man in what a lot of white people love to call “the most homophobic place on Earth.” (December 4, 2015)
Jeanette Winterson meets Marlon James: ‘You can’t keep upgrading people like you do with your phone’
The Guardian, November 28, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/nov/28/conversation-jeanette-winterson-marlon-james-interview
Podcast interviews with Marlon James
Citizen Lit, November 23, 2015
Jim Warner, adjunct professor of English, interviews author Marlon James about life post-Man Booker Prize.
