Wayne Jones has been a librarian for over 30 years, lastly as University Librarian at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, during 2015–2019. He is currently on an earned administrative leave and is finishing his biography of Samuel Johnson. Wayne studied Johnson’s Rambler at the University of Toronto and received his MA in 1982. As a librarian, he edited several themed monograph collections on a range of topics in information studies, and published many articles and book reviews in peer-reviewed journals. He has also written novels, a book about personal minimalism called Less, and co-written a biography, Greg Giraldo: A Comedian’s Story. Wayne lives in Ottawa.
In the course of his research for the Giraldo project, Wayne became quite adept at interviews. After reading No Call Too Small, he generously agreed to interview me for the blog. Recorded interviews always involve risk, and that’s why I prefer the safety of written questions and answers on my blog. I try to be clear with my questions, and I want my guests to have the time to express to themselves precisely. We’ve all seen interviews gone wrong, horrible mismatches in expectations, an unwillingness to be open, a lack of rapport, and famous gotcha moments. (“This interview is over!”) The dangers are magnified now when any type of public expression puts you at risk of being called out and cancelled for one wrong word or unpopular idea. Here Wayne and I discuss anthropological fiction, laughing when no one else does, and everything a man knows about menses.
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Anthropological fiction vs. political fiction
Don’t start your own phone sex line
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