Douglas Stuart: Tender Souls in Very Hard Places

“Being a child who was very watchful of others, felt like a huge burden, but the ability to tune into someone else’s emotional well-being is helpful as a writer”. The writer of the best-selling novel ‘Shuggie Bain’ speaks about his inspiration. “When I look across all my work, what unites it is I am always thinking about queerness from a working-class point of view, which is a very underserved place in literature. Free to watch in HD on Dr Documentary.

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