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...Hempel (AH): Well, this is my yellow lab Wanita, spelled W-A-N-I-T-A, not the correct way. She’s affiliated with Guiding Eyes for the Blind. She was trained to be a guide and the school decided to pass the good genes along, so she’s in their Brood/Stud program—her puppies become guide dogs. I’ve worked with the organization for about 14 years, doing some of the puppy raising and pre-training. So she’s still part of the Guide Dog program...
...AH: Right, with Jim Shepard...
...AH: Well, I love animals. I have to have them in my life, dogs in particular. I just find them endlessly interesting and funny and moving. In the Al Jolson story, the first story I wrote, I had followed ape language experiments for many years—I just was interested in them. And I got to meet Coco in California many years ago, the gorilla who was taught sign language and that was a truly life-changing experience, sitting down with this gorilla who could communicate with me. Yeah, it was extraordinary. So, I’d heard about...
...AH: It’s changed over the years. I wrote my first two collections of stories between the hours of midnight and 4 a.m. and then I had to change and actually learn to work in the daytime, and then I tried working first thing in the morning before I did anything. And now I have no process at all. It’s up for grabs...
...Ah, Kevin, if you weren’t so dumb?...