It's crazy this hasn't gotten more views. One of the greatest American writers of at least the last 50 years. I have to confess being initiated to Russell Banks by watching a film, "Affliction" back in the late 1990s. I was "laid over" as a semi-truck driver in Cedar Rapids Iowa, and there was a movie theater near to my company's terminal, so I went to see the film because it had 3 actors I loved, Nolte, Coburn, and Spacek. I loved that film so much and because I loved the film decided I would read the book. Everything Russell Banks has written that I have read, "Lost Memory of Skin" short stories, all of it. PURE JOY. He is a true American Treasure. I pray he keeps going, keeps grinding, and keeps writing.
It's crazy this hasn't gotten more views. One of the greatest American writers of at least the last 50 years. I have to confess being initiated to Russell Banks by watching a film, "Affliction" back in the late 1990s. I was "laid over" as a semi-truck driver in Cedar Rapids Iowa, and there was a movie theater near to my company's terminal, so I went to see the film because it had 3 actors I loved, Nolte, Coburn, and Spacek. I loved that film so much and because I loved the film decided I would read the book. Everything Russell Banks has written that I have read, "Lost Memory of Skin" short stories, all of it. PURE JOY. He is a true American Treasure. I pray he keeps going, keeps grinding, and keeps writing.
Russell Banks was also interviewed on the A DISCUSSION WITH National Authors on Tour TV Series in 1995: ua-cam.com/video/o5_ZeIOonoQ/v-deo.html