“Increasingly, writing about writers/writing feels too self-referential, too meta, too much. There are so many occupations we could explore through our writing—fireman, astronaut, waitress, cowboy, ballet dancer, whatever—that have a lot of creative potential.”
Do you cringe when you start a short story or novel and realize it’s about writers? Roxane Gay, editor of PANK, certainly does.
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