The cedar-shingled house that Andre Dubus III built for his family in the seaside town of Newbury, Mass., has four levels that sprawl across 6,000 square feet, with plenty of rooms that could have made a nice writer’s office.
But Mr. Dubus plies his trade down in the mechanical room, near the exercise equipment and the boiler, in a lofted space that he built himself out of plywood.
There is a window, but Mr. Dubus has covered it with a blanket to block out the daylight.
Writing longhand with a pencil and paper, he has produced five books in this cramped space.
He refers to it variously as “my writing cave,” “my dream portal” and “the engine house.”
Persons:
Andre Dubus, Dubus, ”
Locations:
Newbury, Mass