Larry Brown's 'On Fire': Gritty, Moving And Perfect For Dads

Larry Brown was a Mississippi firefighter who called writing "a curveball I never saw coming." But before his death at age 53 in 2004, he published several compilations of short stories, five novels and the memoir "On Fire."

Here & Now's Robin Young talks with New York Times columnist and literary critic Dwight Garner (@DwightGarner) about the book.