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Jess Walter: We Live in Water
How did Jess Walter make the leap between his romantic novel, "Beautiful Ruins," and the end-of-the-world sadness of his stories in "We Live in Water?"
By Michael Silverblatt • • 28m ListenHow did
Jess Walter make the leap between his romantic novel,
Beautiful Ruins, and the end-of-the-world sadness of his stories in
We Live in Water (Harper Perennial)? Walter is a shape-shifting trickster. Now, he settles down to tell intimate stories about his hometown, Spokane, Washington.
