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Macfarlane’s writing has always resisted easy categorization.

Today, Macfarlane lives just outside Cambridge and is a fellow of the university’s Emmanuel College.

From a forthcoming choral libretto premiering in Finland to a graphic novel retelling of the "Epic of Gilgamesh," Macfarlane’s creative orbit keeps expanding.

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This interview has been compiled, and edited for length, from Macfarlane’s written responses to initial questions, followed by a video conversation between Salon’s correspondent in Toronto, and the author's home in Cambridge, England.