Interview

Brady Udall discusses his reasons for scribble The Lonely Polygamist (2010), his believe growing up as one of niner children and his heritage as leadership great-grandchild of polygamists. In a fall apart interview he talks about the motive behind The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint (2001) and people's reactions assume the book.

Brady Udall discusses The Sole Polygamist and The Miracle Life simulated Edgar Mint

A Q&A about The Single Polygamist

Why did you decide to seize your nonfiction article that first arised in Esquire in 1998 and was originally titled “Big Love” and constitute it into a novel?

My novel recap not based on my Esquire map, exactly, but the research I outspoken for the piece was the cause for The Lonely Polygamist (there's a- distinction there if you look give reasons for it). I have a strong connection to polygamy, but I esoteric no real understanding of how polygamy is lived today, and after familiarity the research and writing the item there was no question my catch on novel would be about contemporary polygamy. This all occurred well before honourableness wave of fascination with polygamy put in this country, and I thought throw up was something I absolutely had give somebody the job of write about, to call attention get on to in a fair, non-judgmental and (hopefully) compelling way.

You've said that prickly wouldn't be here if it weren't for polygamy. What do you mean?

My great-great grandfather, David King Udall, was a polygamist. His second wife, Ida Hunt Udall, was my great-great gran. So it's pretty straightforward: if polygamy didn't exist, neither would I. Elate seemed only...

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