I am a gay writer, absolutely. And in no way does that fact limit the reach or importance of what I write.
Garth GreenwellI think it's harder to avoid reflection on those larger patterns of history or society when they so insistently call into question your right to exist.
Garth GreenwellI do think that the sense of being opposed to the present moment, that sense of the rub of history, invigorates the writing I find most exciting, and maybe precisely in being equally allegiant to an inward fineness of sensibility and an outward-facing rigor of protest or critique.
Garth GreenwellIt does seem like between the groundbreaking writing of Edmund White's generation and the work of younger gay writers in their twenties and thirties there is a kind of gap.
Garth Greenwell