In the final part of David Gates' episode of Writing Life, we begin by exploring the question of religion that we failed to address in Part 4. 'I am not a religious person. I am to some degreee obsessed with it.'

----more---- From there we move to:

• American gospel songs and the transcendent
• Gates' links to The Mayflower ('he was the first man hanged in the New World')
• 'It's an interest I have cultivated to make myself interesting'
• Gates on Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton (from 2015)
• David Gates' writing life - pen or computer?
• 'When I am desperate, I will pretty much try anything'
• Gates on the internet
• (finally) does music help or hinder?