Pasha Malla's Mother Interviews Him About His Book The Withdrawal Method

In honour of Mother's Day, here is a lovely audio interview with the up-and-coming writing superstar (and fellow Canadian) Pasha Malla, in which Pasha is interviewed by his hard-hitting and absolutely adorable mother. It's about his first book of short stories, The Withdrawal Method, which is available available now on Chapters.

PASHA'S MOM: I have a question.

PASHA: What?

PASHA'S MOM: Why is your book called The Withdrawal Method?

PASHA: Oh my god. It's like a pun.

PASHA'S MOM: On?

PASHA: It's about, uh, characters who shut themselves off. But then I thought it would be uh... funny.

PASHA'S MOM: Oh, okay.

PASHA: There's no actual...There's none of that in the book.

PASHA'S MOM: Okay, all right. I'm glad you explained that to me.

PASHA: Well there's more to it than that but I mean, you're making me feel weird.

PASHA'S MOM: How many stories are there in it?

PASHA: Thirteen.

PASHA'S MOM: Oh! Was there a reason you chose thirteen?

PASHA: No. Well, I chose thirteen because  I wrote thirty and seventeen of them were bad.

PASHA'S MOM: A baker's dozen?

PASHA: Well, there was another reason, too, but... I don't want to get into it.

PASHA'S MOM: What's the reason, come on, tell me.

PASHA: Come on, you  want to get into this?

PASHA'S MOM: I'm curious.

PASHA: Oh god. Uh... a baker's dozen. That's it.

PASHA'S MOM: No no. I'm your mother and you have to tell me!

PASHA: What do you mean!?

PASHA'S MOM: You have to tell  me. C'mon. You're looking secretive. It's going to look stupid. That's okay. You can do that. You can look stupid.

The rest of the interview is charming and hilarious and you can listen to it here.

Comments

[elizabeth ellen]

we just finished listening to it...completely endearing, just like pasha himself. an early "happy mother's day!" to you, steph. xoxo

[Steph]

Happy Mother's Day to you, too, ee! xoxo right back at you.

[kittenpie]

Well, now i'm curious, too, but I can't listen to it here at work... Gah!