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Compassion is a window, and ideally the reader feels that—even if they’re reading a character whom they don’t necessarily like—this person is a rounded character with good qualities, bad qualities, and in-between qualities.
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I suppose I’m obsessed with how we buffer uncertainty.
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I imagine the full picture of me in scrubs and Danskos, being an MRI technician and then coming home and writing. Somewhere in an alternate universe, MRI technician Sari exists. I already have the Danskos.
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The reason why so many of these stories have metafictional elements is that I was trying to write in an ethical way while feeling like a professional liar.
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What’s funnier than somebody having a mental breakdown? We all experienced it, so why can’t we laugh at that?
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An interview with Kim Fu about writing the collection Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century.
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Cara Blue Adams discusses her debut story collection, YOU NEVER GET IT BACK.
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Tyler Barton discusses his new story collection, ETERNAL NIGHT AT THE NATURE MUSEUM.
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Beth Gilstrap discusses her new story collection, DEADHEADING.
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Chloe N. Clark discusses her debut story collection, COLLECTIVE GRAVITIES.
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Chelsea Bieker discusses her debut novel, GODSHOT.
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