In the above video from Louisiana Channel, the short-short story master Lydia Davis is asked about her advice to young writers. Her main bit of wisdom? “Do what you want to do, and don’t worry if it’s a little odd or doesn’t fit the market.”
Nella Larsen’s “Passing” asks us to sit with the anxieties of motherhood
The author talked about her mythic triptych, rethinking the novel form as a quilt, writing about climate justice, and queer futurity
Characters experiencing geographical and emotional displacement who redefine their relationships, and themselves, on new grounds
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