Sometimes you know you love something, but you aren’t exactly sure why. I’ve worked with AE Milford for several years now, and while I’m a major fan, I didn’t fully understand what it is about his writing that consistently grabs me until this interview. During our conversation, I came to understand that AE’s deep connection with nature and his own environment, currently Los Angeles, has shaped a writing practice firmly grounded in his characters’ context, which for me as a reader has meant ongoing delight. AE’s story, “The Folly of Martin Daucourt,” which used the above painting by David Mellon as a prompt, recently dropped in Hotch Potch Literature and Art issue 4.1.
In our chat, AE shares about the stories he wrote as a child on an old computer and printed out on a dot matrix printer with spoked edges. He would roll the stories up into little scrolls, put a rubber band around them, and hide them around the house. He also talks about his relationship with music (his other love), his family, history, and painting.
Check out Drew’s story, “Where They Plant Trees in Straight Lines,” in the Cobalt Weekly, which is how we met. And if you love his writing as much as I do, his website offers more.
(photo credit: Kathy Kolla)
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