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David Y.
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In the Sickness Lies the Cure: A Conversation with Meghan O’Gieblyn
I came up against that tension as I was trying to write about something very small, which was the truth about myself. I did feel, despite all the doubleness and multiplicity, that there was a definitive truth about myself, if…
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Environmental Disaster, Erosion of Home: A Conversation with Stephanie Soileau
My favorite fiction asks questions and doesn’t necessarily provide answers. It gives the full equation and you can draw whatever conclusions you want from that equation. The calculus is often complicated.
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The Crumbling of a Porous Life: A Conversation With Naeem Murr
“For a character to really come to life on the page they have to retain a kind of mystery for you as a writer. Of course, there are some characters who are much more flat, who are comic, or just…
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Welcome To The Party: A Conversation With Saeed Jones
“So I have deep empathy for people who are shook, whether because they’re young or they just haven’t been especially into politics until fairly recently. I get that, I really do. But it’s important to channel that initial shocked panic.…