Identity politics are wearisome; you don't want to go on speaking for any one group as a writer. Votes: 11
A memoir is always the most authentic telling of a situation, but a novel gets to different places. Votes: 2
I read three books a week. Votes: 0
Everybody's damaged by something. Votes: 0
Everyone's got a different story. Votes: 0
I think I know what it's like to have a family that the outside world sees as peculiar or lacking. Votes: 0