The Art of Fiction No. 121 (Interviewer) Issue no. 117 Winter 1990 “Every novel is—at the beginning—the same opening of a door onto a completely unknown space.”
Orphans of the Storm Issue no. 94 Winter 1984 I have a sister named Alice who’s only eight months older than I am. The reason for this eludes most people. My parents adopted Alice before they figured out my mother was already pregnant
Holland Issue no. 75 Spring 1979 My great-aunt Eva had patience as if she could wait for eternity; that was why, when she died, mean and ugly and absorbed by her pain, and we buried her in the family plot in an August heat wave, everyone
You Have the Right to Remain Silent July 16th, 2020 Writers are scavengers. We pick at any flesh on the bones that will feed our stories. We are hoarders of the gritty details of people’s lives.