I recently read Blanchot's book of criticism The Space of Literature. I also wanted to write about depression and loss and grief, and how those affect the mind and how the mind can adapt to them. I did want to write about wrestling, not only because I think it's interesting, but because it provides such a crystallized example of obsession and the desire to make the most of one's capability. Because his voice supplies the primary force, I think it's more that he made possible whatever other vessels I wanted in the story. GH: I didn't really see Stephen as a vessel. Did you see the novel as a vessel for exploring a more sophisticated perspective on someone who in real life might be viewed as an archetypal animus? Did you just want to write about wrestling? Did you just want to write a book? I guess what I’m asking is: what was your motivation to write this character? He’s fairly aggressive and at times outright violent.
ORANGE: In Stephen Florida, the eponymous narrator is a college wrestler hellbent on winning the NCAA D-IV Championships. Gabe Habash (GH): I drink a lot of coffee and green tea. What drink have you been drinking to celebrate? Conversation with Gabe Habash and brian birnbaumīrian Birnbaum (ORANGE): Congratulations on the novel – it is the work of a wunderkind, it is a tour de force, you know, all those superlatives.
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