ABOUT THE BOOK
The bond of brotherhood is hard to break, but a lifetime of dealing with familial expectation, bitterness, and psychological disorders can bend and warp it into something nearly unrecognizable. This story tells the tale of two brothers: Melvyn, the elder, whose amalgamation of disorders leave him completely unable to function within society; and Stephen, the younger, whose own emotional and psychological issues are overshadowed to the point where he becomes little more than a pale and twisted reflection of his brother.
Book Details:
Title: Misfits and Supermen: Two Brothers’ Journey Along the Spectrum
Author: Steve Starger
Genre: Memoir
Publisher: Friesen Press (November 30, 2019)
Print length: 178 pages
On tour with: Pump Up Your Book!
LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT INTERVIEW WITH STEVE STARGER
Things you need in order to write: something to write on and something to write with.
Things that hamper your writing: not having something to write on or with.
Things you love about writing: the act of storytelling, using language in creative ways.
Things you hate about writing: sometimes it’s just work. Editing, despite its importance.
Easiest thing about being a writer: when it flows, it’s glorious.
Hardest thing about being a writer: keeping the ideas flowing constantly.
Things you never want to run out of: ideas, time.
Things you wish you’d never bought: an old car with no suspension, so it would never have passed inspection. (It didn’t, but I was in college, so . . . )
Words that describe you: introverted, dark sense of humor, empathetic.
Words that describe you but you wish they didn’t: sometimes diffident.
Favorite music: being a musician, there are too many choices in too many genres.
Music that make your ears bleed: death metal, “easy listening.”
Something you’re really good at: writing, music.
Something you’re really bad at: all sports.
Something you like to do: discover something brand new to me.
Something you wish you’d never done: can’t answer that here.
Things you’d walk a mile for: a New York corned beef sandwich.
Things that make you want to run screaming from the room: a New England boiled dinner.
Things to say to an author: intelligent comments about the work.
Things to say to an author if you want to be fictionally killed off in their next book: where do you get your ideas?
Favorite places you’ve been: Italy, California, New York City, Ireland, Israel, the Pacific Northwest, British Columbia.
Places you never want to go to again: I’d rather not say here.
Favorite books: literature of all cultures, hard-boiled noir, dark fantasy .
Books you would ban: I would never ban a book.
Things that make you happy: writing, when people are civil to each other, intelligence.
Things that drive you crazy: bigotry, self-righteousness.
The last thing you did for the first time: soaring.
Something you’ll never do again: soaring.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Steve Starger has been writing since he was a child. He received his first professional byline from his hometown newspaper for a theater review when he was 19. He has had two long careers: journalist and musician, and has written fiction, nonfiction, plays, and songs. His biography of the comic-book artist Wally Wood – “Wally’s World: The Brilliant Life and Tragic Death of Wally Wood, the World’s Second-best Comic-book Artist – was short-listed for the Will Eisner Industry Award for Best Comics Related book of 2006.
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