"In the folk dance, a traditional tarantella sways in a rapidly increasing tempo, back and forth [....] As I worked on my debut novel named for this dance, I sometimes felt I was making no more forward progress than a tarantella dancer..." Read More
"Everyone tells me I need to write personal essays to sell my book, but I just spent 15 years working really hard to say everything I had to say in disguise." Read More
In light of the recent events in Charlottesville, this 1993 clip of author Toni Morrison on The Charlie Rose Show seems particularly relevant Read More
"[...] I consider my dog to be my current life partner, after years of traveling together and accepting that another human is not necessarily suitable for this road situation." Read More
"I believe that we should all know each other, we human carriers of so many pleasurable differences. To not know is to doubt, to shrink from, sidestep or destroy." Read More