ALL THINGS LEFT WILD
by
James Wade
Genre: Adventure / Rural Fiction / Coming of Age
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Publication Date: June 16, 2020
Number of Pages: 304 pages
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Wealthy and bookish Randall Dawson, out of place in this rugged and violent country, is begrudgingly chasing after the Bentley brothers. With little sense of how to survive, much less how to take his revenge, Randall meets Charlotte, a woman experienced in the deadly ways of life in the West. Together they navigate the murky values of vigilante justice.
Powerful and atmospheric, lyrical and fast-paced, All Things Left Wild is a coming-of-age for one man, a midlife odyssey for the other, and an illustration of the violence and corruption prevalent in our fast-expanding country. It artfully sketches the magnificence of the American West as mirrored in the human soul.
PRAISE for All Things Left Wild:
"A debut full of atmosphere and awe. Wade gives emotional depth to his dust-covered characters and creates an image of the American West that is harsh and unforgiving, but -- like All Things Left Wild -- not without hope." — Texas Literary Hall of Fame member Sarah Bird, Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen
"James Wade has delivered a McCarthy-esque odyssey with an Elmore Leonard ear for dialogue. All Things Left Wild moves like a coyote across this cracked-earth landscape—relentlessly paced and ambitiously hungry." — Edgar Award finalist David Joy, When These Mountains Burn
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Interview
with James Wade
Author of All
Things Left Wild
How has being a Texan (or Texas)
influenced your writing?
Texas has produced historically good writers, from J.
Frank Dobie and James Michener to Edna Ferber and Molly Ivins, and so many others.
And as cliché as it sounds, Texas authors, more often than not, have that hard-scrabble
tint to their work. Also, our state is a big place, so there are different
styles of Texas writing—from Joe Lansdale’s East Texas capers to Larry
McMurtry’s wind-swept stories of the Texas Plains. As a reader and a writer,
Texas encourages you to explore different genres, different geography, and
different voices. I was lucky to grow up with so many literary influences from
my home state.
Who are some of the authors you feel
were influential in your work?
So many. The first few to come to mind are Cormac
McCarthy, Flannery O’Connor, Larry McMurtry, and Owen Egerton.
What are some day jobs that you have
held? Have any of them impacted your writing?
People say this a lot, but I’ve had almost every job
there is, and every one of them has made my writing more informed. I’ve worked
in a warehouse, in a handful of kitchens, in retail, and at a call center. I’ve
delivered beauty supplies to salons, taught summer school to Hispanic students
learning English, and worked at a bank for almost a whole month. I’ve worked on
lobby projects for the Texas Water Development Board, served as a legislative director
in the Texas House of Representatives, and spent a couple years as a spokesperson
for the Texas Department of Transportation. I’ve written and edited for online
news outlets and magazines, and my longest job was as a reporter at my hometown
newspaper, the Lufkin Daily News. Every one of those positions exposed
me to different industries, different people, and different circumstances, which
all play a part in storytelling.
How has your formal education influenced
or impacted your writing?
My informal education has had a much larger impact
on my writing. And even though I only owe student loans for my formal
education, I had to pay for the other in plenty of ways.
What did you find most useful in
learning to write for publication? What was least useful or most destructive?
The most useful advice I’ve ever received (thanks,
Joe) was to put my ass in the chair and write. That’s it. That’s the endgame.
Other things that helped: striving for routine and discipline, and also reading
as much as I could. Oh, and coffee. Lots of coffee.
I don’t know that there’s a lot of destructive
advice or practices out there, but certainly there are things that work for
some folks and not for others. I’m not a big workshop guy. It doesn’t help me
to have a room full of people tell me how they would’ve written it. My wife was
the only person to read All Things Left Wild before I sent it to my
agent. Feedback can be valuable for writers, but at some point, you have to
trust yourself, close your eyes, and hit send.
James Wade lives and writes in Austin, Texas, with his wife and daughter. He has had twenty short stories published in various literary magazines and journals. He is the winner of the Writers' League of Texas Manuscript Contest and a finalist of the Tethered by Letters Short Fiction Contest. All Things Left Wild is his debut novel.
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