These moments don't seem to become the beginnings of the stories, necessarily—I work both forward and back from them—but they are the seeds from which the stories spring.—Carrie Brown, interviewed by Jennifer Levasseur and Kevin Rabalais The birth of a book is extremely time consuming.—Louis Begley, interviewed by Robert Birnbaum With "Revelations of Child Love," I waited in a state of tension for about two weeks, listening for the right voice. When I say voice, I mean point of view, but also narrative design—the story's architecture and organic form.—Melissa Pritchard, interviewed by Leslie A. Wootten If I said that the mother was a good mother and she baked cookies for her kids, you might be able to see her, but not as much as if I tell you she just speaks Spanish before noon. Nothing but Spanish. It is this effort to pull the reader in and have the reader accept what you are saying.—Charles Johnson, interviewed by Jennifer Levasseur and Kevin Rabalais SORRY, SOLD OUT! |
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