Genre is a minimum security prison.

To me, the moment you're talking about nonfiction you're talking about reality.

In my own little way, I feel like I'm part of a group of writers who care deeply about pushing the essay forward.

Momentum, in literary mosaic, derives not from narrative but from the subtle, progressive buildup of thematic resonances.

You're one of 6.5 billion people now on the planet, and 99.9 percent of your genes are the same as everyone else's.

My medium is prose, not the novel.

I'm wonderfully self-lacerating, probably to my character's detriment. I'm terribly open to critique.