New from Down & Out Books: STRAY DOGS: Interviews with Working-Class Writers by Daniel M. Mendoza

TAMPA, Fla. - Oct. 28, 2016 - PRLog -- Down & Out Books is pleased to announce that STRAY DOGS: Interviews with Working-Class Writers, edited by Daniel M. Mendoza is published this week in trade paperback and ebook formats.

"Daniel provides a penetrating glimpse into the lives of a diverse selection of today's authors," said Eric Campbell, Publisher of Down & Out Books. "It's a fascinating case study that I'm sure will be of interest to a broad spectrum of readers."

About STRAY DOGS …

Stray Dogs: Interviews with Working-Class Writers delivers a portrait of contemporary working class authors in America. Editor Daniel M. Mendoza engages with "some of the best in contemporary literary fiction." These one-on-one interviews seek to uncover how each writer has developed their working-class aesthetic. A young writer himself, Mendoza encourages the authors to discuss their craft, their upbringing, their socio-political beliefs, as well as the state of contemporary literature. Stray Dogs: Interviews with Working-Class Writers, is an insightful study of an often overlooked literary genre.

Rolando Hinojosa-Smith on the novel in America: "...to show a world as seen by the writer, as experienced (with certain changes) by the writer and to hold whatever it is that the writer holds as his truths..."

Richard Burgin on the self and society: "In terms of real metaphysical truth, however, there's been a shift since Dickens and more people are less sure than ever about the origins and purpose of the universe."

Eric Miles Williamson on style: "I believe that there is no personal style; writers don't come out original like Athena from Zeus's head. Everybody steals or learns a writer's style and does the opposite. The best writers are the best anthologists..."

Stephen Gutierrez on the reader: "I hope that they experience being alive as another person in another time and place and learn (again) that we're all pretty much the same facing the same shit, sometimes nobly, sometimes ignobly..."

Ron Cooper on what writers read: "I have sought out work by authors who write about real people, people who know what true struggles are, people who often do not know how they are going to pay their bills."

Meet the Editor …

Daniel M. Mendoza's essays and reviews have been published in Boulevard, American Book Review, Colorado Review, Texas Review, and other places. He is an assistant editor for Pleiades: A Journal of New Writing. He lives in the Texas Rio Grande Valley.

About Down & Out Books …

Founded in 2011, Down & Out Books (DownAndOutBooks.com (http://www.downandoutbooks.com/)) is an independent publisher of crime fiction based in Tampa, Florida. For more information about the book, or to request an interview with the author, contact lance@downandoutbooks.com.