Powell's Books: Author InterviewsPowells.com's exclusive interviews with today's hottest authorsInterview with David Shields- January 29, 2008 In The Thing about Life Is that One Day You'll Be Dead, David Shields takes readers from womb to casket, addictively blending family narrative, biological science, and wisdom from the likes of Schopenhauer and Ice-T. It all adds up to an audacious and, yes, lively collage that immediately won over several Powell's staff members. Now, days before The Thing about Life arrives in bookstores, Shields reflects on giggling girls, Bill Murray, and the force that through the green fuse drives the...http://powells.com/partner/12/authors/davidshields.html?utm_source=author_interviews&u... |