I’m curious about a world in which people are less bothered by the physical confrontation of mental disability, and that felt important when I was writing this book to have mental disability take up physical space in the poems and the pages.
When Thornton’s characters’ lives on and off screen drastically diverge, A/S/L not only satisfies nostalgia, but catapults the narrative to a whole new level.
I have a love for showing movement and things as they are. I feel very uncomfortable when things are abrupt, especially if the story doesn’t call for it.