The author of Mother of God discusses the limitations of realism, Frank Bidart, and the anguished duality of shame.
Standing in the wreckage of these spaces unlocks a sensation people often crave, but can’t name.
It’s an imagined past, a pastoral imaginary, an alternate timeline in the multiverse.
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The author of Mother of God discusses the limitations of realism, Frank Bidart, and the anguished duality of shame.
Standing in the wreckage of these spaces unlocks a sensation people often crave, but can’t name.
It’s an imagined past, a pastoral imaginary, an alternate timeline in the multiverse.
“Bird,” he cried, “I come on behalf of the emperor. Your voice is all anyone speaks of.”
She stops to look into her mother's face. It is smooth and blank as a stone. Nothing emerges; nothing shifts.
A dog could serve as another guard against the depression that I finally couldn't ignore.
The protests wound their way into the fabric of our days. Political struggle emerged naturally and sustained itself naturally.
The author of Who Put This Song On? on emo, mental health, and the Obama years.
The author of The Man Who Saw Everything on modernist structure, novelistic characters, and David Lynch.
The author of The Topeka School on finishing a trilogy, maternal linguistic influence, and psychology.
Talking to the editors of We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan about trans representation, the process of editing private writing, and why history is gay.