![]() ![]() My dad kept getting kicked out of assisted living centers. ![]() ![]() I've led a quiet life where for many years I was busy taking care of parents and children. Thank you for all of the amazing discussions we’ve had about those books.īecause you told me I should read The Vegetarian by Han Kang I began to think about how metamorphosis could tell women’s stories in a new way.īecause you introduced me to Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin I began to think about how withholding information from the reader-letting the reader fill in the blanks with their own particular dreads and desires-can be a good way to tell a story.īecause you told me I needed to read Die, My Love by Ariana Harwicz, I was introduced to a ruthless story about baby-trauma and dysfunctional in-laws, one that I drew upon when I sat down to write a baby-trauma/dysfunctional in-law story of my own.īecause you told me I must read Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin and Blizzard by Vladimir Sorokin, I learned that I love books about fantastic things, told matter-of-factly.īecause we’ve read David Vann’s novels together- Aquarium, Goat Mountain, Bright Air Black-I had the confidence to write scenes that were visceral, and disturbing, and to not back away from that kind of writing when the story took me there. ![]() Thank you for all the books I’ve read and loved and that I never would have known about without you recommending them to me. Thank you for the literary worlds you’ve opened up to me over the past several years. I wrote this novel, and for now I’m going to use this space here to thank you. ![]()
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