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I recently joined Terry Shepherd on In Conversation to talk about my journey from practicing international law in Tokyo to competitive tarpon fishing in the Florida Keys—and eventually writing Poontown.
We discussed the pressure of tournament fishing, the relationship between anglers and guides, and why I chose fiction over memoir to tell a story inspired by that world.
Thanks to Terry for a great conversation❗
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FIVE TEAMS. FIVE DAYS. ONE LEGENDARY FISH.
The Sabalo Cup Invitational is the most prestigious tarpon fly-fishing tournament in the world, attracting an unforgettable collection of obsessives, oddballs, and glory-chasers to the sun-scorched backcountry and turquoise ocean of the Tequesta Isles. For five brutal days, elite guides and determined anglers battle giant tarpon, sharks, weather, rivals, aging bodies, and their own stubborn ambitions in pursuit of victory.
“On the surface, L. M. Weeks’s delightful POONTOWN is a thrilling look at the zaniness that goes into the preparation for, and participation in, a high stakes fishing tournament, and all that is lost and all that is gained along the way. What lies beneath, however, is something more powerful: a portrait of human nature in a world in which the tipping point for our fisheries and ecology is nigh.” —Monte Burke, Author of Saban, Lords of the Fly & Men of Troy
