James McBride's in town tonight

Most writers are very good interviewees. A few, like James McBride, are outstanding. Throw him an ordinary question and he just riffs on it like the jazz musician he is.

I had so much good material, but alas, space in the newspaper is limited.

Here's my story on Mr. McBride and his wonderful -- actually it's great -- novel, The Good Lord Bird.

http://triblive.com/aande/books/6736144-74/mcbride-brown-henrietta#axzz3E40ySeli