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Martin Amis and Me: Tales from the Humber School for Writers - the Afterword Martin Amis and Me: Tales from The Humber School for Writers - The Afterword Home | Financial Post | News | Opinion | Arts | Life | Sports | Homes | Cars | Blogs | Multimedia | Classifieds Main | About | Contact Editor | Subscribe RSS Martin Amis and Me: Tales from The The Afterword is National Post's books blog. Editors: Humber School for Writers Brad Frenette / Ron Nurwisah / Mark Medley Posted: July 17, 2009, 4:10 PM by Mark Medley Martin Amis Feedback: [email protected] Twitter: Follow us on Twitter (NPBooks) Index: • Book Reviews • Bookmarks: News from the literary world • Philip Marchand's Open Book • Events • Features For our music, film and pop culture news, visit National Post's arts blog, The Ampersand. POPULAR Prologue Book Review: The Wife's Tale, by Lori It began with an ambush. Lansens Recent Posts I paced outside the faculty lunchroom, in the basement of one of the Open Book: Philip building's of Humber College's scenic Lakeshore campus, waiting for Martin Bookmarks: More Lemony Snicket, A book lover's Marchand bemoans Amis to finish his meal. The goal was modest: I wanted a brief, 15 or 20 guide to Ikea seating, new Sony reader the lost art of minute interview with the renowned British author of such books as The –Ron Nurwisah creating vivid Information and Money, to discuss his thoughts of teaching creative The Afterword characters writing. I was at The Humber School for Writers' Summer Workshop for the week, researching a story, and Amis was this season's star instructor. Amis Bookmarks: Weird stuff on Amazon, Korea's city of Swindle: I'll take my had been my target since it was announced he was joining the faculty last books, mini-fiction on iPhone RSS in pentameter, December. please –Ron Nurwisah My first attempt at contact ended in failure earlier that morning; earlier in The Afterword The Last Supper: A the week, the school's artistic director Antanas Sileika advised me that, if I fiction serial — Part sought an interview with Amis, the best time to approach him was early in Oprah Winfrey, Sam Mendes and Christopher http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/afterword/archive/2009/07/17/martin-amis-and-me-tales-from-humber-s-summer-workshops.aspx[8/25/2009 4:00:26 PM] Martin Amis and Me: Tales from The Humber School for Writers - The Afterword 12 the morning, before class, while he was enjoying his customary cigarette. He Hampton teaming up to bring "Netherland" to the big almost always could be found outside his classroom, around 9 a.m., I was screen 'The history of told, however on his morning, a warm Tuesday, he was nowhere to be –Brad Frenette libraries is the found. It was my last day on campus, and I was growing more and more The Afterword history of humanity' desperate to get a few minutes of his time, so when lunch hour rolled around Writing Scotland: I found myself employing paparazzi-style tactics, lying in wait outside the The Last Supper: A fiction serial — Part 12 lunchroom. When he emerged, trailing two other men, holding a cigarette in IFOA receives –NP Editor his fingers and heading for the exit, I struck. ₤50,000 in funding The Afterword (and its own tartan) "Excuse me, Mr. Amis?" from Scotland Open Book: Philip Marchand bemoans the lost art of He looked up at me -- "Yes?" -- but kept walking down the hall. I followed, creating vivid characters New William and delivered my spiel: I was a reporter for the National Post, and –Sarah Murdoch Golding biography wondered if he had a few minutes to chat? The Afterword contains confession "What's your story about?" he asked. We were at the stairs now, heading to of attempted rape Book Review: The Wife's Tale, by Lori Lansens the ground floor. From there, it was only about twenty feet to the door, –Sarah Murdoch Buy It or Skip It? where he'd be free. I explained that I was doing a year-long series on the The Afterword Tracing Your Family publishing industry in Canada, and that for my article on creative writing History programs I'd been invited to spend the week at Humber College and immerse myself in the program; I wanted to find out why the students were Buy It or Skip It? The Peep Diaries Bookmarks: Weird here, what they thought of the program, and that I was also interviewing –Becky Guthrie stuff on Amazon, many of the instructors (though I wasn't nearly as articulate as this, and The Afterword Korea's city of probably babbled a lot more). In any case, I said that I wanted to get his books, mini-fiction thoughts on teaching creative writing. Circumstances under which National Post writers toot on iPhone their own horns We were outside now. He had not brushed me off, a good sign I thought, so I –Adam McDowell Bookmarks: asked him if he had 15 minutes to chat, knowing full well his day was The Afterword Debating book finished and he was likely heading back to his hotel, the Park Hyatt, for the trailers, Lolita day. This, I figured, was my last chance. Buy It or Skip It? The Last Supper covers, knitting He stopped to light his cigarette. He said that tomorrow I could sit in on his –Becky Guthrie poetry class and that at each of the two 15-minute breaks he could talk. I had spent The Afterword Details for Eden Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday here already, and had everything I needed for Bookmarks: De Botton to write Heathrow book, where Mills Writers' the story. I was due back in the office the next day. I had tons of work to do before going on vacation. I said yes, of course. to put controversial books, SXSW publishing panels Festival announced –Ron Nurwisah “I’ll see you tomorrow, then,” he said. I slinked away before he could change Circumstances under The Afterword his mind. which National Post writers toot their The Lesson own horns I arrived on campus early Wednesday morning, almost an hour before Bookmarks: Just one classes were scheduled to start, convinced that Amis would change his mind. book, Sherlock Why, I don't know? I ran into Alistair MacLeod, my instructor for the week, Holmes goes pulp, who told me where I could find Amis. I found him having a cigarette near poetry aggregrator the driveway where Sileika -- who was standing with him -- greeted the instructors each morning. He extended his hand and greeted me warmly. Bookmarks: De The offer, I learned, still stood. Botton to write Heathrow book, “Let’s kick off with a casual thing,” Amis said, sitting down at the front of the where to put second-floor classroom about an hour later. controversial books, It was a sparse room, with five rows of desks facing a whiteboard, off-white SXSW publishing walls, and windows whose blinds were mostly closed. It did not scream panels creativity. The classroom assistant, Andrew Clark There was a bottle of water and a cup of coffee in front of him, and he opened a file folder filled Buy It or Skip It? with the student's work. The first topic of the day? Ritual and superstition. Zeitoun Amis began with a brief lecture about his own work habits, saying he had Buy It or Skip It? Recent Comments "no lucky charms" when it came to writing. While he is, of course, a full-time The Last Supper writer now, he related tales from early in his career, when he juggled writing Bukowski's right. We should stop letting lesser Animated trailer for and work -- when he worked at the Times Literary Supplement he wrote writers review better-known authors' work. Their "secretly" at his desk during the day, plus in the mornings and evenings. The Walrus released jealousy (and condescension) shines through in every Oprah Winfrey, Sam “In the old days,” he joked, “I felt like I should get the Nobel Prize for sentence. Grainger... Mendes and Typing.” –litman The Afterword Christopher Now, he said, he wrote using a combination of long-hand and the computer Hampton teaming ("I use about six fingers for typing, with an average of one mistake per up to bring word," he said). The benefits of long-hand, he said, were that when you This reviewer is completely wrong (and her envy of "Netherland" to the scratch out a word, it still exists there on the page. On the computer, Lansens' talent and success is laughably big screen however, when you delete a word it disappears forever. This is important, transparent)...The Wife's Tale is a great book, like Amis stressed, because usually your first instinct is the right one. When one Lansens' first two...a... Buy It or Skip It? student asked if there's a minimum number of words he sets out to write –litman http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/afterword/archive/2009/07/17/martin-amis-and-me-tales-from-humber-s-summer-workshops.aspx[8/25/2009 4:00:26 PM] Martin Amis and Me: Tales from The Humber School for Writers - The Afterword The Peep Diaries every day, Amis said there is no "quota" he seeks to fill: “Sometimes it will The Afterword Bookmarks: More be no words. Sometimes it will be 1500.” Hear hear! 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