A ‘Minor’ Author Gets the Last Laugh
A conversation with Robin Hemley, author of the brilliant new novel "Oblivion," a hilarious and poignant exploration of the life—and afterlife—of a “minor” author.
By Michael Judge
I first met Robin Hemley through email. It was 2005, four years after 9/11, and my office in Lower Manhattan had a birdseye view of The Pit, as we called it back then, the massive construction site where the Twin Towers once soared.
I was about to leave my job with The Wall Stree…
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