"I am sorry to report that lesbian sexuality in the mainstream literary world still has a long way to go before it is met with the delight and respect it deserves." Read More
"Good fiction often gives us characters in extremity, which ironically gives us a clearer mirror in which to see ourselves." Read More
"[...] I’ve lived long enough to know I’m susceptible to acts of evil as well as moments of the purest compassion." Read More
"[...] it does always take me aback for a second when someone points out the darkness of my writing. To me, this novel has so much light and redemption in it." Read More
"I had to believe that I, in spite of being a dead end on a genealogy chart, had something to offer the future. This novel is an answer to that." Read More
"I am an out lesbian writing about Jonathan Edwards, who many consider the most important Christian theologian this country has ever produced, an icon for many, including many who don’t accept queer people – to go into that territory was scary."
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Maybe writers who want to write better stories need to ask more interesting questions and readers need to be willing to be left with interesting questions when the story ends.
The world is complex. The best questions may never get fully answered, not in literature, not in life. Read More
“In fiction and life, the way a person’s body and mind function are facets of who they are. Disease or...
