Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional will hit shelves in May.
Now he can add memoirist to the list.
EW has exclusive details on the book, starting with a first look at the cover (below).
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What is the first thing ever that you remember writing?
Was the pencil box mine?
What is the last book that made you cry?
The cover for ‘Dirtbag Massachusetts: A Confessional,’ by Isaac Fitzgerald.Bloomsbury
No One Is Talking About This, by Patricia Lockwood.
A novel told in fragments that is both hilarious and heartbreaking.
You’ll be crying tears of laughter along with your tears of sorrow.
The cover for ‘Dirtbag Massachusetts: A Confessional,’ by Isaac Fitzgerald.Bloomsbury
Which book is at the top of your current to-read list?
I am lucky enough to have a galley ofHarlem Shuffle, byColson Whitehead(out Sept. 14).
Full disclosure, I started it recently, so it’s nottechnicallyon my to-read list.
But I am reading it slowly, letting Whitehead’s language and storytelling wash over me.
Like a treasured delicacy that I don’t want to eat in one sitting.
Where do you write?
But most of my writing is done while I’m moving around.
Walking the streets of New York City.
I’m better when I move.
Which book made you a forever reader?
The Stories of Breece D’J Pancake.
That my stories might also have some value.
What is a snack you couldn’t write without?
But I do tend to chew on toothpicks, averaging about a box every two weeks.
If you could change one thing about any of your books, what would it be?
So, for my own peace of mind, I’m going to sit this question out.
Down that path lies madness.
What is your favorite part ofDirtbag, Massachusetts?
I love writing about the relationships that strengthen us.
Writing about my childhood, teenage years, and 20s, there are many difficult memories.
But I can also see how, along the way, so many people were trying to help me.
Remembering those people, and writing about them, comforts me.
What was the hardest element to write?
There’s quite a lot of hard topics covered in this book, including family violence.
Write a movie poster tag line for the book:
LikeGood Will Hunting, but dumber.
