TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Rebecca Gransden, author of Figures Crossing the Field Towards the Group

Figures Crossing the Field Towards the Group is published by Tangerine Press

Rebecca Gransden, author of Figures Crossing the Field Towards the Group, has been invited to take part in TriumphOfTheNow.com‘s “Ten Words or Fewer” interview format!

Read on below!

Q: What is the title of your book?
A: Figures Crossing the Field Towards the Group.

Q: Why did you choose this title?
A: It chose me.

Q: What’s the book about?
A: A girl who goes out for a walk.

Q: Why did you write this book?
A:  It was time.

Q: And why now?
A: It was time.

Q: Why do you write, generally?
A: That’s for me to know, and others to be confused by.

Q: Are you working on any new projects?
A: Yes.

Q: What/who do you read?
A: Your innermost tea leaves.

Q: Why do you read?
A: To keep Bill Hicks from spinning in his comedy grave.

Q: What are your politics/values?
A: To treat others as I would wish to be treated.

Q: Why might someone with oppositional politics/values enjoy your book? If they wouldn’t, do you regret that?
A: Because they can read.

Q: Describe the ideal reader of your book.
A: A 19th century coal miner with one eye.

Q: Are we alone in the universe?
A: Only when we feel alone in a crowd.

Q: Do you listen to music?
A: All the time. Sometimes it listens back.

Q: What differentiates us from the animals?
A: Nothing important.

Q: Do you have a mantra? If willing, please share.
A: True gold fears not the test of fire.

Q: Which film/movie[s] from the past five years do you think will be future classics?
A: Eggers’ Nosferatu, Rehmeier’s Dinner in America.

Q: What’s the best decision you’ve ever made?
A: To devote myself to art, whatever follows.

Q: What is “cool”?
A: Refusing to answer this question.

Q: Do you like routine or spontaneity?
A: Yes.

Q: What do you need to thrive?
A: Peace of mind and an artistic direction.

Q: What do you need to survive?
A: A lead pipe.

Q: What don’t you eat?
A: Anything with eyes, apart from potatoes.

Q: What is a soul?
A: I don’t know, but everything I do is about its reinstatement.

Q: Have you ever been on a pilgrimage? If yes, where to?
A: To an England in delirium.

Q: Have you ever written any songs? If yes, describe your sound.
A: Car driving lonely road at magic hour.

Q: What’s the biggest thing you’ve personally destroyed?
A: The cynicism of my youth.

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Bio:
Rebecca Gransden lives on an island. She is published at X-R-A-Y, Burning House Press, Expat Press, Bruiser, BULL, and Ligeia, among others. A new edition of the novella Figures Crossing the Field Towards the Group is released May 2025 at Tangerine Press.

Read more and order the book direct from Tangerine Press via this link

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“Ten Words or Fewer” gives writers (novelists, poets, essayists, playwrights, screenwriters, anyone writing anything else) the opportunity to introduce themselves and their work. If interested in taking part, email triumphofthenow@gmail.com for more details.

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