Episode QS23: Peter Cameron + Christopher Beha (October 29, 2020)

Peter Cameron joins Greenlight discusses his atmospheric, suspenseful new novel What Happens at Night with mutually admired fellow author Christopher Beha of Harper's Magazine.  They discuss how Cameron create the dreamlike mood of his fiction, the potential for fiction to transport the reader, and whether writers have an obligation to engage with social issues, as well as Cameron's recurring motifs of grandmothers, strange cities, and hotels, among others.  Recorded August 18, 2020.